Cloud SQL

Cloud SQL is a fully-managed relational database service for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQL Server.

Managed Benefits

Running a raw PostgreSQL database on a standard Compute Engine virtual machine requires manual OS updates and manual backups. Cloud SQL manages all maintenance tasks.

• Automated Backups: Backups occur daily.
• High Availability: A secondary standby instance exists in a separate Zone. If the primary crashes, the Cloud Router redirects the IP to the standby in under 60 seconds.
• Read Replicas: Allows heavy GET requests to be offloaded to identical read-only clones to protect the primary master instance from crashing.