# Snowflake snapshots optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub

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1 documented Snowflake Snapshots cost inefficiency, with how to detect it and how to fix it.

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# Snowflake Snapshots

1 documented Snowflake Snapshots cost inefficiency, with how to detect it and how to fix it.

## 1 inefficiency

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- Snowflake Snapshots  CER-0111

### [Excessive Time Travel and Fail-safe Storage from High-Churn Snowflake Tables](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/excessive-snapshot-storage-from-high-churn-snowflake-tables)

Snowflake automatically maintains previous versions of data when tables are modified or deleted. For tables with high churn - meaning frequent INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, or MERGE operations - this can cause a significant buildup of historical...

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