Spanner

1. Spanner overview

   Globally distributed relational database with strong consistency.

2. Instances and configurations

   Instance configurations, regional and multi-region setups and processing units.

3. Schema design

   Primary keys, interleaving, hotspots and schema best practices.

4. Data types and SQL dialects

   Data types and SQL dialects for Spanner: GoogleSQL and PostgreSQL dialect data types, the key concepts and settings to know.

5. Transactions

   Read-write, read-only transactions and isolation.

6. Replication

   Replicas, leader placement and replication across regions.

7. Backups and PITR

   Backups and PITR for Spanner: Backups, restore and point-in-time recovery, the key concepts and settings to know.

8. IAM and fine-grained access

   IAM and fine-grained access for Spanner: IAM roles and fine-grained access control, the key concepts and settings to know.

9. Monitoring and Query insights

   Monitoring and Query insights for Spanner: Cloud Monitoring metrics and query insights, the key concepts and settings to know.

10. Quotas and limits

    Quotas and limits for Spanner: Node, database and mutation limits, the key concepts and settings to know.

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