Helping Hand Questions for COF-C02

 Snowflake supports three types of internal stages: Named, User, and Table stages. These stages are used for staging data files to be loaded into Snowflake tables. Schema, Stream, and Database stages are not supported as internal stages in Snowflake. References: Snowflake Documentation1.

When unloading data to an external stage, the maximum file size supported is 5 GB. This limit ensures efficient data transfer and management within Snowflake’s architecture

The Cloud Services layer in Snowflake is responsible for various services, including security (like authentication and authorization) and metadata management (like query parsing and optimization). References: Based on general cloud architecture knowledge as of 2021.

 Periodic rekeying of micro-partitions is a feature that requires the Enterprise Edition of Snowflake or higher. This feature is part of Snowflake’s comprehensive approach to encryption key management, ensuring data security through regular rekeying1. References: [COF-C02] SnowPro Core Certification Exam Study Guide