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Re:Why is Snowflake so Valuable? by javajosh on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @05:23PM (#24644052)
>I can only imagine the complex math they're doing under the hood to achieve these incredible query times

Maybe its cynical/paranoid, but in this age of Theranos I must ask: is it possible their algorithm excels at showing you a reasonable looking number, rather than an accurate one?

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Re:Why is Snowflake so Valuable? by dumbfounder on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @06:04PM (#24644551)
It's SQL, if they were giving wrong answers people would notice.
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Re:Why is Snowflake so Valuable? by kgbdrop1 on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @09:31PM (#24646264)
It's not too terribly difficult to load test Snowflake to get a sense of scaling. Jmeter does the job well. Heck I can pass you along some sample projects I've done against them if you really wanted.
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