You can now enable 2x node scaling when you create a new Bigtable cluster

## Feature You can now enable [2x node scaling](https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/scaling#node-scaling) when you create a new Bigtable cluster. This cluster configuration lets Bigtable treat two standard nodes as a larger, single compute node, and the cluster is always scaled in increments of two nodes. This feature is [generally available (GA)](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages). ## Change The [Preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages) of Bigtable automated backup has been expanded to let you configure the backup retention period in automated backup policies, and the default is now seven days. For more information, see [Update an automated backup policy](https://cloud.google.com/bigtable/docs/managing-backups#update-automated-backup).