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In which of the following scenarios is a shallow clone preferred over a deep clone within a Databricks Delta Lake environment?
A
When archiving a table to meet long-term regulatory compliance and data retention requirements.
B
When you want to rapidly test logic or schema changes without incurring the cost and time of duplicating the underlying data files.
C
When you need to create a full, independent copy of both data and metadata to support a disaster recovery strategy.
D
When it is necessary to decouple the target table entirely from the source to ensure source updates never impact the clone.