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Snowflake Exam ARA-R01 Topic 4 Question 16 Discussion

Actual exam question for Snowflake's ARA-R01 exam
Question #: 16
Topic #: 4
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An Architect has designed a data pipeline that Is receiving small CSV files from multiple sources. All of the files are landing in one location. Specific files are filtered for loading into Snowflake tables using the copy command. The loading performance is poor.

What changes can be made to Improve the data loading performance?

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Suggested Answer: B

According to the Snowflake documentation, the data loading performance can be improved by following some best practices and guidelines for preparing and staging the data files. One of the recommendations is to aim for data files that are roughly 100-250 MB (or larger) in size compressed, as this will optimize the number of parallel operations for a load. Smaller files should be aggregated and larger files should be split to achieve this size range. Another recommendation is to use a multi-cluster warehouse for loading, as this will allow for scaling up or out the compute resources depending on the load demand. A single-cluster warehouse may not be able to handle the load concurrency and throughput efficiently. Therefore, by creating a multi-cluster warehouse and merging smaller files to create bigger files, the data loading performance can be improved.Reference:

Data Loading Considerations

Preparing Your Data Files

Planning a Data Load


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Shayne
2 months ago
Hold up, did someone say 'virtual warehouse'? I thought we were just talking about a regular ol' warehouse, like with forklifts and stuff. This tech stuff is getting a bit too advanced for me.
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Claribel
8 days ago
C) Create a specific storage landing bucket to avoid file scanning.
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Jolanda
9 days ago
B) Create a multi-cluster warehouse and merge smaller files to create bigger files.
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Thora
14 days ago
A) Increase the size of the virtual warehouse.
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Roslyn
2 months ago
I'm not sure about the JSON idea. Isn't that just for fancy web apps or something? I'd stick with good ol' reliable CSV.
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Lavonna
1 months ago
C) I'm not sure about the JSON idea. Isn't that just for fancy web apps or something? I'd stick with good ol' reliable CSV.
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Art
1 months ago
B) Create a multi-cluster warehouse and merge smaller files to create bigger files.
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Kara
1 months ago
A) Increase the size of the virtual warehouse.
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Malcom
2 months ago
Option C looks good to me. Avoiding all that file scanning will definitely speed things up.
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Rory
1 months ago
I agree, creating a specific storage landing bucket sounds like a smart solution.
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Alease
2 months ago
Option C looks good to me. Avoiding all that file scanning will definitely speed things up.
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Leatha
2 months ago
I agree, creating a specific storage landing bucket sounds like a smart solution.
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Cyril
2 months ago
Option C looks good to me. Avoiding all that file scanning will definitely speed things up.
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Diane
2 months ago
Changing the file format from CSV to JSON could also potentially improve the data loading performance.
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Mammie
3 months ago
Creating a specific storage landing bucket to avoid file scanning might be a more efficient option.
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Leslie
3 months ago
Definitely B! Merging those smaller files is the way to go. Bigger is better when it comes to data loading, am I right?
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Rosita
2 months ago
C) Create a specific storage landing bucket to avoid file scanning.
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Dusti
2 months ago
B) Create a multi-cluster warehouse and merge smaller files to create bigger files.
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Jesus
2 months ago
A) Increase the size of the virtual warehouse.
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Moon
3 months ago
I agree with Wilford. Merging smaller files to create bigger files could also be a good solution.
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Wilford
3 months ago
I think increasing the size of the virtual warehouse could help improve performance.
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