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Description | In-code abstraction | In-memory instance | Unix process | Running container |
Routes SQL clients to the right server | “SQL proxy” | “SQL proxy instance” | “SQL proxy server” | “SQL proxy pod” |
Runs SQL queries | “SQL”or “SQL gateway” | “SQL instance” | “SQL server”or “SQL-only server” to highlight server contains no KV instance | “SQL pod”(implies “SQL-only server”) |
Runs KV queries  | “KV components” (plural) | “KV instance” | “KV server” but the term is inclusive of mixed servers, we don't yet support KV-only servers. | N/A, we don't currently run KV-only servers. |
Runs both SQL and KV queries | NEW: “Mixed SQL/KV servers” | NEW: “Mixed SQL/KV pods” | ||
Stores data for multiple tenants, 1 unit | NEW: “Shared storage /DB server” | NEW: “Shared storage /DB pod” | ||
Stores data for all tenant, fleet of all servers | NEW: “Shared storage cluster” | NEW: “Shared storage cluster” |
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