Snowflake Certification Practice Test

What do Data Sharing Providers incur costs for?

1. Data loading procedures

2. Data storage at normal rates

3. Only for data transformation

4. Only for raw data

The correct answer is: Data storage at normal rates

Data Sharing Providers in a system like Snowflake encounter costs primarily associated with data storage at normal rates. This reflects the ongoing nature of housing data; as data is stored in Snowflake's cloud infrastructure, providers are billed based on the volume of data stored, irrespective of its format, transformation, or how it is utilized. Data loading procedures typically fall under the category of operational costs that users incur when they initially load their data into the platform rather than being directly related to sharing it with others. Similarly, costs associated with data transformation are generally tied to any computation or processing done upon request rather than being a steadfast cost incurred by the provider for data sharing specifically. Lastly, focusing solely on raw data does not encapsulate the comprehensive storage costs incurred for both transformed and untransformed data, making this option incomplete. Thus, the emphasis on data storage encapsulates the ongoing costs associated with maintaining data availability for sharing effectively.