SnowPro Core Certification — Question 568

Which of the following statements describes a benefit of Snowflake’s separation of compute and storage? (Choose two.)

Answer options

• A. Growth of storage and compute are tightly coupled.
• B. Storage expands without the requirement to add more compute.
• C. Compute can be scaled up or down without the requirement to add more storage.
• D. Compute and storage can be scaled together.
• E. Use of storage avoids disk spilling.

Correct answer: B, C

Explanation

The correct answers are B and C because Snowflake's architecture allows for independent scaling of storage and compute, meaning that increased storage does not necessitate more compute resources and vice versa. Options A and D are incorrect as they imply a dependency between compute and storage scaling, which is not the case in Snowflake's design. Option E is irrelevant to the benefits of separating compute and storage.