Reference documentation and code samples for the Google Cloud Spanner Instance Administration v1 API enum Instance.Types.InstanceType.
The type of this instance. The type can be used to distinguish product
variants, that can affect aspects like: usage restrictions, quotas and
billing. Currently this is used to distinguish FREE_INSTANCE vs PROVISIONED
instances.
Free instances provide no guarantee for dedicated resources,
[node_count, processing_units] should be 0. They come
with stricter usage limits and limited support.
Provisioned
Provisioned instances have dedicated resources, standard usage limits and
support.
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