Migrating from MySQL to TiDB: A Practical Guide to Distributed SQL Adoption
In our previous article, MySQL 5.7 EOL: Migrating to a MySQL Alternative, we explored the various alternatives to MySQL 5.7 after its imminent end of life (EOL). Among the alternatives discussed, migrating from MySQL to TiDB, an advanced open-source, distributed SQL database, emerged as a promising solution for those seeking scalability, high availability, and MySQL […]
Demystifying DBaaS Options: How to Choose Between AWS, GCP, and TiDB
The world of database management systems (DBMS) is constantly evolving, offering a wide range of options to meet the diverse needs of businesses. Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) has become a common choice as more and more companies move to or get started with their technology infrastructure on public cloud platforms. This is not surprising, given the broad […]
TiDB Resource Control: Stable Workload Consolidation of Transactional Apps
Imagine you own data infrastructure at Super Sweet Tech, Inc (SST), a fictional company for the purpose of this story. Two big initiatives for the fiscal year fall to you. The first is to reduce costs. It’s not 2021 anymore, and the tech economy is tightening, along with its purses. The target is 20% reduction. […]
OSS Insight’s Journey to a Serverless Database
Learn how TiDB Serverless helps OSS Insight handle massive and fluctuating data workloads with ease and efficiency while lowering costs.
How TiDB Implements Point-in-Time Recovery
Learn how Point-In-Time Recovery (PITR) works in TiDB, an open-source, distributed SQL database, and how it's optimized for stability and performance.
Why Flipkart Chose TiDB to Replace Its Large MySQL Fleet
Learn how Flipkart, India's largest e-commerce company, chose TiDB to replace its large MySQL fleet to overcome scalability, reliability, and efficiency challenges.
How TiDB Achieves 10x Performance Gains in Online DDL
Learn how TiDB achieves 10x performance gains in online DDL with Fast Online DDL
How Disaster Recovery (DR) Works in TiDB
In this post, we’ll focus on TiDB’s DR solutions. We’ll also analyze the pros and cons of these solutions as well as the most suitable deployment options.
Introducing Chat2Query: An Innovative AI-Powered SQL Generator for Faster Insights
We are excited to introduce Chat2Query, a revolutionary natural language query generator powered by OpenAI's GPT3, the technology behind ChatGPT, and TiDB, the distributed SQL database.
AI Takes Over GitHub Analysis: The Future of Data Science is Here
ChatGPT has taken the internet by storm. In this post, we will use ChatGPT to explore some of the insights that can be gleaned from three of the main data tables on GitHub.
How to Choose the Right Database for Your NFT Marketplace
We summarize the current data architecture some NFT platforms use and their pain points. We also offer a better database solution that can not only fix those pain points, but also improve your system agility and reduce your cost.
The Long Expedition toward Making a Real-Time HTAP Database
This post introduces the backstage stories of TiDB and its HTAP capability.