Snowflake SnowPro™ Advanced Architect Certification Companion: Hands-on Preparation and Practice

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R. SoniSnowflake SnowPro™ Advanced Architect Certification CompanionCertification Study Companion Serieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9262-4_2

2. Snowflake Architecture and Overview

Ruchi Soni¹  

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New Delhi, India

 

There are three service models for cloud computing: infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). To start with, IaaS is where users access infrastructure (storage/warehouse) available on the cloud through a third-party provider (as a service). They can purchase the required infrastructure that they can scale up and down as needed. Similarly, PaaS is where a third-party provider provides ...