MySQL is the most widely used open-source relational database. However, it was designed to scale up using larger machines. When you need to scale out, you’re often faced with manual sharding. Sharding introduces operational challenges, hinders scalability, and often leads to increased infrastructure and maintenance costs. This session presents a real-world case study of a financial services company who successfully migrated its large, sharded MySQL databases to Spanner, future proofing its business for availability and cost.

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