Finops for Snowflake: A Guide to Cloud Financial Optimization
暫譯: Snowflake 的 FinOps：雲端財務優化指南
Ravi Kumar, Y. V., Natarajan, Velu, Bhardwaj, Parag
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商品描述
Unlock the full financial potential of your Snowflake environment.
Learn how to cut costs, boost performance, and take control of your cloud data spend with FinOps for Snowflake--your essential guide to implementing a smart, automated, and Snowflake-optimized FinOps strategy.
In today's data-driven world, financial optimization on platforms like Snowflake is more critical than ever. Whether you're just beginning your FinOps journey or refining mature practices, this book provides a practical roadmap to align Snowflake usage with business goals, reduce costs, and improve performance--without compromising agility.
Grounded in real-world case studies and packed with actionable strategies, FinOps for Snowflake shows how leading organizations are transforming their environments through automation, governance, and cost intelligence. You'll learn how to apply proven techniques for architecture tuning, workload and storage efficiency, and performance optimization--empowering you to make smarter, data-driven decisions.
What You Will Learn
- Master FinOps principles tailored for Snowflake's architecture and pricing model
- Enable collaboration across finance, engineering, and business teams
- Deliver real-time cost insights for smarter decision-making
- Optimize compute, storage, and Snowflake AI and ML services for efficiency
- Leverage Snowflake Cortex AI and Adoptive Warehouse/Compute for intelligent cost governance
- Apply proven strategies to achieve operational excellence and measurable savings
Who this Book is For
Data professionals, cloud engineers, FinOps practitioners, and finance teams seeking to improve cost visibility, operational efficiency, and financial accountability in Snowflake environments.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
解鎖您 Snowflake 環境的全部財務潛力。
了解如何降低成本、提升性能，並掌控您的雲端數據支出，透過《FinOps for Snowflake》——您實施智能、自動化及 Snowflake 優化的 FinOps 策略的必備指南。
在當今數據驅動的世界中，對像 Snowflake 這樣的平台進行財務優化比以往任何時候都更為重要。無論您是剛開始您的 FinOps 之旅，還是正在完善成熟的實踐，本書提供了一個實用的路線圖，以使 Snowflake 的使用與業務目標對齊，降低成本並提高性能——而不妨礙靈活性。
本書以真實案例研究為基礎，並充滿可行的策略，展示了領先組織如何通過自動化、治理和成本智能來改變其環境。您將學習如何應用經過驗證的技術來調整架構、提高工作負載和存儲效率，以及性能優化——使您能夠做出更智能的數據驅動決策。
您將學到的內容：
- 掌握針對 Snowflake 架構和定價模型量身定制的 FinOps 原則
- 促進財務、工程和業務團隊之間的協作
- 提供實時成本洞察以便做出更智能的決策
- 優化計算、存儲以及 Snowflake 的 AI 和 ML 服務以提高效率
- 利用 Snowflake Cortex AI 和自適應倉庫/計算進行智能成本治理
- 應用經過驗證的策略以實現運營卓越和可衡量的節省
本書適合對象：
數據專業人士、雲端工程師、FinOps 實踐者以及尋求改善 Snowflake 環境中成本可見性、運營效率和財務問責的財務團隊。
作者簡介
Y V Ravi Kumar is an Extraordinary Ability (EB1-A) Einstein Visa recipient, an Oracle Certified Master, an Oracle ACE Director Alum, and is TOGAF certified. He is an IEEE Senior Member with more than 27 years of multinational leadership experience in banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) verticals. Ravi Kumar has co-authored six books and has served as technical reviewer on six other books. Ravi Kumar is an Oracle Certified Professional (OCP) and Expert (OCE) across multiple Oracle versions and technologies, and is certified in PostgreSQL, MySQL, and multi-cloud architectures (OCI, AWS, GCP). He has published more than 100 Oracle technology articles and has spoken four times at Oracle Cloud/OpenWorld (OOW) in Las Vegas/San Francisco. He has delivered technical sessions at various Oracle user groups, including IOUG, OCW, NYOUG, and Quest Oracle Community. Ravi Kumar has designed data centers and implemented mission-critical databases for core banking solutions for two major central banks in the world. He also is a Snowflake Squad Member, Snowflake Data Super Hero 2025, and certified in Snowflake Pro.
Velu Natarajan is a seasoned analytics professional with over 18 years of experience delivering scalable, high-performance data solutions. As a leader in the Database Cloud Center of Excellence, he drives cloud transformation and database migration strategies to ensure business continuity. Velu is recognized for his innovative work in Cloud FinOps, earning the 2024 Discover President Award for developing cost-optimization tools that enhanced performance and cross-functional collaboration. He has presented at major industry events like Snowflake Summit 2024, sharing insights on cost and performance optimization. He holds certifications as a FinOps Certified Practitioner, Snowflake Pro, and Architect. Outside of work, Velu enjoys soccer and blockbuster movies.
Parag Bhardwaj is a FinOps specialist with extensive knowledge in cloud financial management, optimization, and governance. As the Principal Cloud Solutions Architect for a major global airline's Cloud and Engineering platform team, he ensures cost-efficiency and accountability in cloud environments. Parag has led significant cloud financial optimization projects, integrating DevOps tools and infrastructure governance to enhance business value.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Y V Ravi Kumar 是一位獲得非凡能力 (EB1-A) 愛因斯坦簽證的專家，擁有 Oracle 認證大師、Oracle ACE Director 校友的身份，並且通過 TOGAF 認證。他是 IEEE 高級會員，擁有超過 27 年的跨國領導經驗，專注於銀行、金融服務和保險 (BFSI) 行業。Ravi Kumar 共同撰寫了六本書，並擔任另外六本書的技術審稿人。他是多個 Oracle 版本和技術的 Oracle 認證專業人士 (OCP) 和專家 (OCE)，並且在 PostgreSQL、MySQL 和多雲架構 (OCI, AWS, GCP) 方面獲得認證。他發表了超過 100 篇 Oracle 技術文章，並在拉斯維加斯/舊金山的 Oracle Cloud/OpenWorld (OOW) 上發表過四次演講。他在多個 Oracle 使用者群體中進行過技術會議，包括 IOUG、OCW、NYOUG 和 Quest Oracle Community。Ravi Kumar 設計了數據中心並為世界兩大中央銀行實施了關鍵任務的數據庫解決方案。他還是 Snowflake Squad 成員、2025 年 Snowflake 數據超級英雄，並獲得 Snowflake Pro 認證。
Velu Natarajan 是一位資深的分析專業人士，擁有超過 18 年提供可擴展、高效能數據解決方案的經驗。作為數據庫雲卓越中心的領導者，他推動雲轉型和數據庫遷移策略，以確保業務連續性。Velu 因其在雲 FinOps 領域的創新工作而受到認可，獲得 2024 年 Discover 總裁獎，以表彰他開發的成本優化工具，提升了性能和跨功能協作。他在 Snowflake Summit 2024 等主要行業活動中發表演講，分享有關成本和性能優化的見解。他擁有 FinOps 認證從業者、Snowflake Pro 和架構師的認證。在工作之外，Velu 喜歡足球和熱門電影。
Parag Bhardwaj 是一位 FinOps 專家，擁有豐富的雲財務管理、優化和治理知識。作為一家全球主要航空公司的雲和工程平台團隊的首席雲解決方案架構師，他確保雲環境中的成本效益和問責制。Parag 主導了重要的雲財務優化項目，整合 DevOps 工具和基礎設施治理，以提升業務價值。
