AlloyDB Omni and AlloyDB Omni Kubernetes operator key terms

This page provides definitions for AlloyDB Omni and AlloyDB Omni Kubernetes operator terms.

A

AlloyDB AI

A suite of features included with AlloyDB Omni that let you build enterprise generative AI applications.

AlloyDB Omni Kubernetes operator

An extension to the Google Kubernetes Engine API that lets you manage AlloyDB Omni in most CNCF-compliant Kubernetes environments.

D

database cluster

A group of interconnected database instances that work together to provide high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance for database applications.

disk cache

Accelerates data retrieval in AlloyDB Omni installations in which the active working set of data doesn't fit in memory.

I

instance

A representation of your data housed in one or more virtual machines during the runtime of a computer program, and is the main unit of cloud computing resources in AlloyDB Omni and SQL.

L

latency

The amount of time it takes to process a single request, usually measured in milliseconds, seconds, or sometimes larger time amounts for complex reporting and analytics use cases. Also known as response time.

S

scheduling

In Kubernetes, a process for matching new database pods to nodes to balance node distribution across the Kubernetes cluster and help optimize performance.

T

throughput

The amount of work the database can process in a given amount of time. Throughput is usually expressed as transactions per second (tps) or transactions per minute (tpm).

V

vCPU

Virtual central processing unit. A single hardware thread as observed by the operating system and available to be used for execution by an AlloyDB Omni database instance.