{"id":717,"date":"2020-10-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.pingcap.com\/case-study\/how-we-use-a-distributed-database-to-achieve-horizontal-scaling-without-downtime\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T00:58:05","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T08:58:05","slug":"how-bank-of-beijing-achieves-database-scaling-without-downtime","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/www.pingcap.com\/ko\/case-study\/how-bank-of-beijing-achieves-database-scaling-without-downtime\/","title":{"rendered":"How Bank of Beijing Achieves Database Scaling Without Downtime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Author:<\/strong> Zhendong Chen (Software Development Engineer at Bank of Beijing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bank of Beijing (BOB) is an urban commercial bank based in Beijing, China. As of June 30, 2020, our total assets amounted to 2.88 trillion Yuan, and we hold a brand value of 59.7 billion Yuan. On the World Top 1000 Banks list, we rank No. 62 in terms of Tier-1 capital and have been in the World Top 100 for seven years in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As our emerging businesses rapidly grew and data size increased, we sought a horizontally scalable database<\/strong> with the ability to handle highly concurrent requests<\/strong>. We preferred an open-source database<\/strong> because we wanted the expertise and support of a large community. After our investigation, we found \ud2f0DB<\/a>, an open-source, distributed, Hybrid Transactional\/Analytical Processing (HTAP) database, was a good solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this post, I’ll share with you why we chose TiDB and how we use it to achieve horizontally scalable, always-on infrastructure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/span>Why we chose TiDB, a distributed SQL database<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In the age of a fast-developing industrial technology revolution, we faced these challenges:<\/p>\n\n\n\n