July 2018
Intermediate to advanced
506 pages
16h 2m
English
The Cloud SQL pricing model is relatively straightforward. Users pay for compute resources, storage, and networking. The exact price for all three resources varies based on geographic location. For MySQL instances, the cost of compute resources is based on the machine type and total instance uptime, charged on a per-minute basis. For PostgreSQL instances, the cost is based on the total number of vCPU cores, unless using a shared-core machine. High availability configurations and read-only replicas are charged based on the total compute resources for all instances. Both MySQL and PostgreSQL may receive sustained usage discounts.
Storage is charged on a per-gigabyte per-month basis, with SSD storage costing roughly double ...