Cloud Spanner

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Definition

Google Cloud's globally distributed database that combines the benefits of relational databases with horizontal scaling. Like having a database that works like a local one but can handle global-scale traffic.

Real-World Example

A global financial services company uses Cloud Spanner to handle millions of transactions worldwide with strong consistency.

Cloud Provider Equivalencies

Cloud Spanner is a globally distributed database service by Google Cloud, similar to Amazon Aurora and Azure Cosmos DB, which offer scalable and highly available database solutions. Oracle Autonomous Database provides similar capabilities in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.

AWS
Amazon Aurora
AZ
Azure Cosmos DB
GCP
Cloud Spanner
OCI
Oracle Autonomous Database

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