Achieving Better Price to Performance for a Distributed Database – Tau T2A or AWS Graviton2
As Google Cloud announced their first Arm64 CPU, Tau T2A, for scale-out, cloud-native workloads, we conducted a quick benchmarking test to see the price-performance ratio when running TiDB on Google ARM 64 and AWS Arm 64.
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.
Build a Better Github Insight Tool in a Week? A True Story
In this post, we shared our story of why and how we built OSS Insight, and why we chose TiDB to support this insight tool.
Announcing TiDB 6.1
TiDB 6.1 was released on June 13. This release marks the official addition of the Long Term Support (LTS) release packed with stability updates. In addition, it also includes enhancements to TiDB’s HTAP capabilities and integrations with the ecosystem.
The Meta Feature in TiDB 6.0: Placement Rules in SQL
This post introduces the Placement Rules in SQL, TiDB 6.0's new feature.
Data Transformation on TiDB Made Easier
Thanks to a new adapter, TiDB can now work with the data build tool (dbt), a popular open source transformation tool. Now, analytics engineers working with TiDB can directly create forms and match data through SQL. This tutorial walks you through the new adapter and how to use dbt with TiDB.
Why Innovative Startups Should Consider TiDB
Innovative startups often face infrastructure challenges such as scalability, high availability, and maintainability. This article describes how TiDB, an open-source NewSQL database can solve these issues. It includes a few case studies of how companies have benefited from TiDB.
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.
TiDB 6.0: A Leap Towards an Enterprise-Grade Cloud Database
We are proud to present TiDB 6.0, the latest version of our open-source distributed HTAP database. This release significantly enhances TiDB’s manageability as an enterprise product and incorporates many of the essential features required for a cloud-native database.
Ent, an Open Source Go Framework, Announces Preview Support for TiDB
This post shares how to connect TiDB with Ent and how to use Ent to query from 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.