Domain 3.4: Deploying and implementing data solutions — GCP ACE Practice Question 28

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Understand the architecture and schema management of Cloud Spanner.

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You must provision a Spanner instance with a specific node count or processing units before creating a database., Schema updates in Cloud Spanner do not require downtime.

In Cloud Spanner, you first create an Instance (which defines the region/multi-region config and compute capacity via nodes/processing units). Then you create Databases within that instance. A key feature of Spanner is that schema updates (like adding columns) are performed online without downtime.

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Assuming Spanner auto-scales out of the box, or that you can change a regional instance to multi-regional later.

You are setting up a new Cloud Spanner database for a global application. You need to initialize the instance, create a database, and define the schema.

Which TWO statements are true regarding the deployment and initialization of Cloud Spanner? (Select TWO)

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Practice the full GCP Associate Cloud Engineer Practice Exam 4

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You are setting up a new Cloud Spanner database for a global application. You need to initialize the instance, create a database, and define the schema. Which TWO statements are true regarding the deployment and initialization of Cloud Spanner? (Select TWO)

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Practice the full GCP Associate Cloud Engineer Practice Exam 4

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You are setting up a new Cloud Spanner database for a global application. You need to initialize the instance, create a database, and define the schema.

Which TWO statements are true regarding the deployment and initialization of Cloud Spanner? (Select TWO)