Reference documentation and code samples for the Cloud Spanner Instance Admin V1 API module Google::Cloud::Spanner::Admin::Instance::V1::Instance::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.
Constants
INSTANCE_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED
value: 0 Not specified.
PROVISIONED
value: 1 Provisioned instances have dedicated resources, standard usage limits and
support.
FREE_INSTANCE
value: 2 Free instances provide no guarantee for dedicated resources,
[node_count, processing_units] should be 0. They come
with stricter usage limits and limited support.
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