In this advanced lab, you will build a secure and scalable database infrastructure using Google Cloud SQL and Cloud Spanner. The lab focuses on integrating these database services to handle a high volume of transactions with low latency while providing robust security configurations such as IAM and CMEK. By completing this lab, you'll gain hands-on experience in setting up databases that balance cost, performance, and security for enterprise environments.
Imagine you work for a growing e-commerce company, TechTrade, which processes thousands of customer transactions per day. The company needs to ensure that their database architecture can scale to meet future growth projections and handle peak shopping periods. TechTrade aims for an SLA of 99.9% uptime with failover capabilities in place to minimize downtime.
