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Snowflake Queries

In Snowflake, metadata about tables, including row counts and timestamps, is stored in S3, allowing for querying without the need for a warehouse. Snowflake offers various data security features such as secure views, reader accounts, shared data, and role-based access control (RBAC). The storage layer in Snowflake is responsible for data protection, durability, encryption, and archival.

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Snowflake Queries

In Snowflake, metadata about tables, including row counts and timestamps, is stored in S3, allowing for querying without the need for a warehouse. Snowflake offers various data security features such as secure views, reader accounts, shared data, and role-based access control (RBAC). The storage layer in Snowflake is responsible for data protection, durability, encryption, and archival.

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12. Where is metadata stored in Snowflake?

Once the table is created in Snowflake, it generates metadata bout the table containing a
count of the rows, the date-time stamp on which it gets created, and aggregate functions such
as sum, min, and a max of numerical columns.
Metadata is stored in S3 where snowflake manages the data storage.
that's why while querying the metadata, there is no need of running a warehouse.

13. Briefly explain the di erent data security features that are available in Snowflake
Multiple data security options are available in snowflake such as :
1. Secure view
2. Reader account
3. Shared data
4. RBAC

14. What are the responsibilities of a storage layer in Snowflake?


The storage layer is nothing but the cloud storage service where data resides.
It has responsibilities such as :
1. Data protection
2. Data durability
3. Data Encryption
4. Archival of Data

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