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 Option A is the best design to meet the requirements because it uses a materialized view on top of an external table against the S3 bucket in AWS Singapore.  A materialized view is a database object that contains the results of a query and can be refreshed periodically to reflect changes in the underlying data 1 .  An external table is a table that references data files stored in a cloud storage service, such as Amazon S3 2 . By using a materialized view on top of an external table, the company can provide access to frequently changing data, keep egress costs to a minimum, and maintain low latency. This is because the materialized view will cache the query results in Snowflake, reducing the need to access the external data files and incur network charges. The materialized view will also improve the query performance by avoiding scanning the external data files every time.  The materialized view can be refreshed on a schedule or on demand to capture the changes in the external data files 1 .

Option B is not the best design because it uses an external table against the S3 bucket in AWS Singapore and copies the data into transient tables.  A transient table is a table that is not subject to the Time Travel and Fail-safe features of Snowflake, and is automatically purged after a period of time 3 . By using an external table and copying the data into transient tables, the company will incur more egress costs and operational overhead than using a materialized view. This is because the external table will access the external data files every time a query is executed, and the copy operation will also transfer data from S3 to Snowflake. The transient tables will also consume more storage space in Snowflake and require manual maintenance to ensure they are up to date.

Option C is not the best design because it copies the data between providers from S3 to Azure Blob storage to collocate, then uses Snowpipe for data ingestion.  Snowpipe is a service that automates the loading of data from external sources into Snowflake tables 4 . By copying the data between providers, the company will incur high egress costs and latency, as well as operational complexity and maintenance of the infrastructure. Snowpipe will also add another layer of processing and storage in Snowflake, which may not be necessary if the external data files are already in a queryable format.

Option D is not the best design because it uses AWS Transfer Family to replicate data between the S3 bucket in AWS Singapore and an Azure Netherlands Blob storage, then uses an external table against the Blob storage.  AWS Transfer Family is a service that enables secure and seamless transfer of files over SFTP, FTPS, and FTP to and from Amazon S3 or Amazon EFS 5 . By using AWS Transfer Family, the company will incur high egress costs and latency, as well as operational complexity and maintenance of the infrastructure. The external table will also access the external data files every time a query is executed, which may affect the query performance.

References:   1 :  Materialized Views   2 :  External Tables   3 :  Transient Tables   4 :  Snowpipe Overview   5 :  AWS Transfer Family

Snowpipe is a feature that enables continuous, near-real-time data ingestion from external sources into Snowflake tables. Snowpipe can ingest files from Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, or Azure Blob Storage into Snowflake tables on any cloud platform.  Snowpipe can be triggered in two ways: by using the Snowpipe REST API or by using cloud notifications 2

To ingest files from the company’s AWS storage accounts into the company’s Snowflake GCP account, the Architect can use either of these methods:

Configure the client application to call the Snowpipe REST endpoint when new files have arrived in Amazon S3 storage. This method requires the client application to monitor the S3 buckets for new files and send a request to the Snowpipe REST API with the list of files to ingest.  The client application must also handle authentication, error handling, and retry logic 3

Create an AWS Lambda function to call the Snowpipe REST endpoint when new files have arrived in Amazon S3 storage. This method leverages the AWS Lambda service to execute a function that calls the Snowpipe REST API whenever an S3 event notification is received.  The AWS Lambda function must be configured with the appropriate permissions, triggers, and code to invoke the Snowpipe REST API 4

The other options are not valid methods for triggering Snowpipe:

Configure the client application to call the Snowpipe REST endpoint when new files have arrived in Amazon S3 Glacier storage. This option is not feasible because Snowpipe does not support ingesting files from Amazon S3 Glacier storage, which is a long-term archival storage service.  Snowpipe only supports ingesting files from Amazon S3 standard storage classes 5

Configure AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS) to notify Snowpipe when new files have arrived in Amazon S3 storage. This option is not applicable because Snowpipe does not support cloud notifications from AWS SNS.  Snowpipe only supports cloud notifications from AWS SQS, Google Cloud Pub/Sub, or Azure Event Grid 6

Configure the client application to issue a COPY INTO < TABLE > command to Snowflake when new files have arrived in Amazon S3 Glacier storage. This option is not relevant because it does not use Snowpipe, but rather the standard COPY command, which is a batch loading method.  Moreover, the COPY command also does not support ingesting files from Amazon S3 Glacier storage 7   References :

1 : SnowPro Advanced: Architect | Study Guide  8

2 : Snowflake Documentation | Snowpipe Overview  9

3 : Snowflake Documentation | Using the Snowpipe REST API  10

4 : Snowflake Documentation | Loading Data Using Snowpipe and AWS Lambda  11

5 : Snowflake Documentation | Supported File Formats and Compression for Staged Data Files  12

6 : Snowflake Documentation | Using Cloud Notifications to Trigger Snowpipe  13

7 : Snowflake Documentation | Loading Data Using COPY into a Table

:  SnowPro Advanced: Architect | Study Guide

:  Snowpipe Overview

:  Using the Snowpipe REST API

:  Loading Data Using Snowpipe and AWS Lambda

:  Supported File Formats and Compression for Staged Data Files

:  Using Cloud Notifications to Trigger Snowpipe

:  Loading Data Using COPY into a Table

A. Snowflake ' s transactions can indeed include DDL (Data Definition Language), DML (Data Manipulation Language), and query statements. When executed within a transaction block, they all contribute to the atomicity of the transaction—either all of them commit together or none at all. C. Snowflake supports explicit transaction control through the use of the BEGIN TRANSACTION (or simply BEGIN ) and COMMIT statements. Alternatively, the BEGIN WORK and COMMIT WORK syntax is also supported, which is a standard SQL syntax for initiating and ending transactions, respectively. Note: The END TRANSACTION statement is not used in Snowflake to end a transaction; the correct statement is COMMIT or COMMIT WORK .