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Spanner (database)

Spanner is a distributed SQL database management and storage service developed by Google. It provides features such as global transactions, strongly consistent reads, and automatic multi-site replication and failover. Spanner is used in Google F1, the database for its advertising business Google Ads, as well as Gmail and Google Photos.

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Spanner (database)

Nodes25
Edges24
Triples4
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.08
Components1

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global transactionsinstance ofIt provides features0.80text
strongly consistent readsinstance ofIt provides features0.80text
and automatic multi-site replicationinstance ofIt provides features0.80text
failoverinstance ofIt provides features0.80text

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