Operational aspects of cloud relational databases

Apart from the key features and setup details we discussed so far, there are some key operational considerations that every organization or startup needs to assess before starting their database design journey. We will look at only a few key operational considerations and how Cloud SQL supports these aspects.

Migration

Cloud SQL’s Database Migration Service comes in handy from the Google Cloud perspective; it simplifies migrations on-premise or from other cloud providers to Google Cloud SQL. Its key features are that it is very simple, has minimal downtime migration, and is fully serverless to set up without any operational burden.

Monitoring

We can monitor Cloud SQL instances from the Cloud Monitoring dashboard to cover metrics such as CPU utilization, active connections, storage usage, memory usage, read and write operations, ingress and egress bytes, queries, questions, and so much more.

Query Insights

Beyond...