How can a Snowflake Architect meet this requirement with the LEAST amount of coding?

Files arrive in an external stage every 10 seconds from a proprietary system. The files range in size from 500 K to 3 MB. The data must be accessible by dashboards as soon as it arrives.

How can a Snowflake Architect meet this requirement with the LEAST amount of coding? (Choose two.)
A . Use Snowpipe with auto-ingest.
B . Use a COPY command with a task.
C . Use a materialized view on an external table.
D . Use the COPY INTO command.
E . Use a combination of a task and a stream.

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Answer: A, E

Explanation:

The requirement is for the data to be accessible as quickly as possible after it arrives in the external stage with minimal coding effort.

Option A: Snowpipe with auto-ingest is a service that continuously loads data as it arrives in the stage. With auto-ingest, Snowpipe automatically detects new files as they arrive in a cloud stage and loads the data into the specified Snowflake table with minimal delay and no intervention required. This is an ideal low-maintenance solution for the given scenario where files are arriving at a very high frequency.

Option E: Using a combination of a task and a stream allows for real-time change data capture in Snowflake. A stream records changes (inserts, updates, and deletes) made to a table, and a task can be scheduled to trigger on a very short interval, ensuring that changes are processed into the dashboard tables as they occur.