How do you configure, manage, and scale a database in GCP using Cloud SQL?

Q: How do you configure, manage, and scale a database in GCP using Cloud SQL?

> 1. **Provision Instance**: Create a Cloud SQL instance, choosing the DB engine (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server), storage type (SSD/HDD), and capacity configuration. 2. **High Availability (HA)**: Enable HA to deploy a standby instance in a different zone with synchronous replication. 3. **Scaling**: Scale compute vertically (adjust vCPUs and RAM) or scale storage horizontally by enabling **storage auto-increase** to expand disk space automatically when usage approaches limits. 4. **Read

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Provision Instance: Create a Cloud SQL instance, choosing the DB engine (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server), storage type (SSD/HDD), and capacity configuration.
High Availability (HA): Enable HA to deploy a standby instance in a different zone with synchronous replication.
Scaling: Scale compute vertically (adjust vCPUs and RAM) or scale storage horizontally by enabling storage auto-increase to expand disk space automatically when usage approaches limits.
Read Replicas: Deploy read replicas to scale read traffic geographically and reduce load on the primary instance.
Backups: Enable automated daily backups and write binary logs to facilitate Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR).

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