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Columnar engine for Spanner is now generally available (GA).

Columnar engine for Spanner is now generally available (GA). Columnar engine is a storage technique used with analytical queries to make scans up to 200 times faster on live operational data without affecting transaction workloads. This release enables support for Columnar Engine in databases that use the Postgres interface.

For more information, see the Columnar engine for Spanner overview.

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