Snowflake Architecture Variants Overview Three validated architecture blueprints for Snowflake deployments: traditional data warehouse, lakehouse with Iceberg, and data mesh with data sharing. Variant A: Traditional Data Warehouse Best for: Single team, centralized analytics, < 50 users Variant B: Lakehouse with Iceberg Tables Best for: Hybrid cloud/on-prem, existing data lake, open table format requirement Variant C: Data Mesh with Data Sharing Best for: Multi-team, multi-account, decentralized ownership Variant D: Snowpark-Native Application Best for: ML/AI workloads, Python-heavy teams, st…