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Spanner (database)
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<p>Spanner is a <a href="/facts/Distributed_SQL/ed2cmpzk">distributed SQL</a> database management and storage service developed by <a href="/facts/Google/GT9Sugza">Google</a>. 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 <a href="/facts/Google_Ads/CNWv4Nnu">Google Ads</a>, as well as Gmail and Google Photos. </p>