Answer: Multi-cluster, shared data

The correct answer is C because Snowflake's official documentation and marketing materials explicitly describe their architecture as 'multi-cluster, shared data'. This architecture separates compute and storage, allowing multiple compute clusters (virtual warehouses) to access the same shared data simultaneously while scaling independently. While some comments suggest B (Shared Disk) based on Snowflake's hybrid nature that combines elements of shared-disk and shared-nothing architectures, the consensus from the community discussion (with 94% selecting C and multiple references to official Snowflake sources) confirms that 'multi-cluster, shared data' is the most accurate and specific description of Snowflake's unique cloud-native architecture. Options A (Columnar shared nothing), B (Shared disk), and D (Cloud-native shared memory) are either incomplete or incorrect descriptions of Snowflake's architecture.

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