What kind of database does Gmail use?

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Cloud Bigtable is Google's fully managed NoSQL Big Data database service. It's the same database that powers many core Google services, including Search, Analytics, Maps, and Gmail.

Does Gmail have a database?

Gmail comes with a contact database that will automatically store information on anyone you add or correspond with. You can add lots of information beyond email and name and upload contact information from other systems and files.

Does Gmail use SQL or NoSQL?

Google's Bigtable, the fully managed, highly scalable NoSQL database that powers the company's biggest services like search, Gmail, and Analytics is now available as a service.

What type of database does Google use?

Google primarily uses Bigtable. Bigtable is a distributed storage system for managing structured data that is designed to scale to a very large size. For more information, download the document from here. Google also uses Oracle and MySQL databases for some of their applications.

Does Google have a SQL database?

Google Cloud SQL helps build relational databases for your cloud-based applications and manages them fully. It offers the capability to create databases using MySql, PostgreSQL, and MySql.

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