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What are the 3 main layers of Snowflake's architecture and what does each do?
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1. **Cloud Services Layer** ā Authentication, metadata, query optimization, transaction management (runs all the time, no shutdown) 2. **Virtual Warehouse Layer** ā MPP compute clusters that execute queries; auto-suspend and auto-resume 3. **Database Storage Layer** ā Data stored in cloud storage (S3/Azure Blob/GCS) as compressed, encrypted micro-partitions Key: These layers are decoupled ā compute and storage scale independently.
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