Realizing the value of using Snowpark
The traditional big data approach has been in the industry for a long time and is unsuitable for modern cloud-based scalable workloads. Traditional architecture has many challenges, such as the following:
- De-coupling the compute and data into separate systems
- Running separate processing clusters for different languages
- Complexity in managing the system
- Data silos and data duplication
- Lack of unified security and governance
Snowflake solves the traditional system’s challenges using Snowpark, providing tremendous value to the data ecosystem and Snowflake users. The following diagram shows the difference between a traditional approach and Snowflake’s streamlined approach:
Figure 1.1 – Traditional versus Snowflake approach
As you can see from the difference between both approaches, Snowpark’s streamlined approach benefits both the business and the developers by...