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We are thrilled to introduce a significant enhancement to TiDB Cloud’s security features: Organization Single-Sign-On (SSO) Authentication. This new feature streamlines enterprise authentication processes, enabling seamless integration with any Identity Provider (IdP) using Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) or OpenID Connect (OIDC). Enterprise authentication is crucial to securing access to resources and data within TiDB […]

In this blog, we introduce TiDB Index Advisor—or TiAdvisor for short—a novel tool that automates index discovery to enhance user workload performance. We also outline the techniques employed in building this tool and provide use cases that validate its results. Why Do We Need a TiDB Index Advisor? Database indexes provide faster access to data. […]

Transactions—especially distributed transactions—are ubiquitous. Protocols around transactions are equally ubiquitous, even if we don’t immediately realize it. Take, for example, a common marriage ceremony. It’s essentially a two-phase commit (2PC) protocol. The officiant is the transaction coordinator (TC), and the couple getting married are the active participants. In the first phase, the TC asks each […]

Data is the most important asset for modern organizations. Effective and reliable disaster recovery solutions, such as dual-region backup, are essential for businesses to safeguard against unpredictable disasters. However, traditional methods of maintaining data centers in various regions can be intimidatingly expensive and often impractical, especially for small and medium-sized companies.  TiDB Dedicated, a fully-managed […]

In the areas of data management and real-time analytics, Change Data Capture (CDC) has become an indispensable tool. CDC is a software operation that enables you to monitor and record changes in your source database. From there, you can subsequently apply those changes to your target database. These changes could be new records, updates, or […]

When building applications for global users, it is common for users to make requests to servers located far from the region where the application is deployed. This often leads to a poor user experience due to network latency. Therefore, reducing latency is vital in such scenarios. OSSInsight, our open-source GitHub project insight platform, faces the […]

While TiDB is already the trusted system of record for some of the most data-intensive applications ever, there is still room to improve. Subsequently, TiDB 7.5, our second long-term support (LTS) release of 2023, emphasizes stability at scale. As application data continues to grow, we see more and more scaling challenges. The most common antidote […]

We’re excited to announce the release of the TiDB Cloud Prisma Adapter, a significant advancement following our recent launch of the TiDB Cloud Serverless Driver. The serverless driver is a JavaScript Driver tailored for TiDB Serverless, our fully managed MySQL-compatible DBaaS optimized for auto-scaling workloads. By leveraging the efficiency of HTTPS connections over traditional long-lived […]

Efficient backend management is a cornerstone of successful application development. Navigating this realm poses significant challenges, especially when aligning with emerging backend trends. This often leads to time-consuming and repetitive architectural processes. To solve this challenge, we introduce TiDB Serverless and TiDB Cloud Data Service (TCDS) —remarkable product offerings of TiDB Cloud. TiDB Serverless is […]

A key aspect of Database as a Service (DBaaS) solutions is ensuring zero downtime, especially during system upgrades. Zero downtime is paramount as it guarantees uninterrupted service, a critical requirement for mission-critical applications running on the database.  TiDB Dedicated is PingCAP’s fully-managed cloud Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform on AWS and GCP. This DBaaS uses managed Kubernetes […]

We are excited to unveil TiDB Cloud Serverless Driver (Beta) for JavaScript, your gateway to seamless database connectivity in edge computing environments. With this driver, you can now effortlessly connect to TiDB Serverless from edge environments such as Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, and Netlify Edge Functions.  TiDB Serverless is a fully managed cloud Database-as-a-Service […]

In the dynamic application development landscape, the API-first strategy has emerged as a cornerstone for fostering agility and scalability. By prioritizing API design and development from the get-go, this strategy facilitates seamless integration across various systems and applications. However, despite its merits, the road to achieving a robust API-first approach isn’t without its hurdles. Specifically, […]