Billing Editions Flashcards
What are the four different editions of Snowflake?
Standard Edition, Enterprise Edition, Business Critical Edition, Virtual Private Snowflake
How do the editions of Snowflake differ?
They differ in pricing and capabilities, with each successive edition building on the previous one.
What is the primary user interface for the Standard Edition?
Classic web UI, Snowsight, and SnowSQL
What feature allows users to access older versions of data in the Standard Edition?
Time Travel
What is the maximum duration for Time Travel in the Standard Edition?
One day
What is a key limitation of the Standard Edition regarding warehouses?
No multi-cluster warehouses are allowed
What security features are not available in the Standard Edition?
No row-level or column-level security
What additional features are included in the Enterprise Edition compared to the Standard Edition?
Multi-cluster virtual warehouses, configurable Time Travel up to 90 days, row-level and column-level security, search optimizations, materialized views
What is a limitation of the Enterprise Edition?
No private connectivity to the Snowflake service
What does the Business Critical Edition add to the Enterprise Edition?
Higher levels of data security, encryption, support for private connectivity, database failover, failback, and redirection of connections
What is still unsupported in the Business Critical Edition?
Dedicated metadata stores or dedicated compute resources
What is the highest level of security offered by Snowflake?
Virtual Private Snowflake
What does Virtual Private Snowflake provide that other editions do not?
Dedicated metadata store and dedicated compute resources
Fill in the blank: The _______ Edition allows Time Travel to be configured up to 90 days.
Enterprise
True or False: The Business Critical Edition allows for complete isolation from other Snowflake environments.
False
