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QuestionQ43

Data Management

You manage a web application that stores its data in a Cloud SQL database. You need to improve the application's read performance by moving read traffic off the primary database instance. You want to implement a solution that minimizes effort and cost. What should you do?

Explanation

A Cloud SQL read replica maintains an almost-real-time, read-only copy of the primary instance and can process read requests and analytics traffic, reducing load on the primary database. This directly scales read capacity without requiring cache integration or a larger primary instance.

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