How Data Engineering is Powering Pinterest’s Global Platform
The following post is an excerpt from Technology Magazine’s feature article, How data engineering is powering Pinterest’s global platform. Pinterest had long recognized the need to streamline and optimize its data storage system. Using HBase, the image sharing and social media platform was carrying a large footprint, with more than 50 clusters and a total […]
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.
The Next Revolution from On-Premises Databases to DBaaS
In this article, I’ll discuss why adopting DBaaS is a must for most companies, and why DBaaS will replace the traditional on-premises databases in the future.
Disaster Recovery for Databases: How It Evolves over the Years
In this post, you’ll learn the development of disaster recovery technologies and the databases that adopt those innovations.
Some Notes on the DynamoDB 2022 Paper
In this post, Ed shares his thoughts about DynamoDB’s newly released paper.
Speeding up a SaaS Platform by 5x in a Day without Changing the Code
In this article, we compare the performance of TiDB and MySQL on one of the most popular low-code SaaS platforms, Corteza CRM. We also demonstrate how TiDB leverages its HTAP capabilities to the SaaS platform without any code changes and speeds up development of new applications.
The Beauty of HTAP: Defining a Modern Data Architecture with TiDB
Technical challenges have prevented HTAP databases from really catching on. Only recently, with the emergence of modern architecture designs such as TiDB is HTAP on the rise.
How to Achieve High-Performance Data Ingestion to TiDB in Apache Flink
This article shows you two ways you can achieve high performance when you need to quickly ingest streaming data from Apache Flink to TiDB.
Time Synchronization in Distributed Systems: TiDB’s Timestamp Oracle
This post describes TiDB’s timestamp oracle (TSO), how it delivers time services, and its pros and cons.
How an HTAP Database Handles OLTP and OLAP Workloads at the Same Time
This post describes what HTAP is and how TiDB, an HTAP database, helps users handle their growing needs of mixed workloads of OLTP and OLAP.
Enter NewSQL, the Next-Generation Database
Discover why modern businesses are adopting next-generation databases. Learn how NewSQL databases such as TiDB redefine the future of data management.