"Managed Service for Apache Spark" is the new name for the product formerly known as "Dataproc on Compute Engine" (cluster deployment) and "Google Cloud Serverless for Apache Spark" (serverless deployment).
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Managed Service for Apache Spark now includes the previous "Dataproc on Compute Engine"
(cluster deployment) and the previous "Google Cloud Serverless for Apache Spark"
(serverless deployment) product options.
While both options provide a managed highly scalable, production-ready, and
secure Spark environment that is OSS-compatible with full support for data
formats, they differ in how they manage underlying infrastructure and bill for
resources. Review the following features and use cases to help you choose a
Spark solution.
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