TheData Storage Layerin Snowflake stores all data in acompressed, encrypted, columnar formatdesigned for analytical efficiency. Snowflake automatically reorganizes ingested data into micro-partitions optimized for pruning and high-performance scans. The compression and structuring are fully automated, requiring no tuning or indexing by the user.
Another foundational feature iselastic storage, made possible by Snowflake’s cloud-native architecture. Storage automatically scales up or down based on data volume without user intervention, and is separated from compute. This ensures cost efficiency and immediate availability of capacity for large datasets.
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In-memory storageis not a Snowflake feature; long-term data is persisted in cloud object storage.
Elastic Cloudis not a Snowflake architectural term.
The Data Storage Layer is designed for durability, scalability, and optimal query performance.
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