TiDB Systemeigenschaften

TiDB is an open-source, distributed SQL database built for cloud-native, data-intensive, and AI-driven applications. It unifies OLTP, real-time operational analytics, and AI-ready workloads within a single platform. TiDB’s distributed architecture provides horizontal scalability, high availability, and strong ACID consistency while maintaining MySQL compatibility.

With flexible deployment options—including TiDB Cloud Starter, TiDB Cloud Dedicated, and TiDB Self-Managed—organizations can run TiDB anywhere: on any cloud, on-premises, or in hybrid environments. TiDB enables seamless scaling, built-in resilience, and continuous access to real-time data without operational friction.

• Horizontal scaling: Seamless scaling with automatic sharding.
• 99.99% availability: Automated failover and self-healing capabilities.
• Strong ACID consistency: Distributed transactions with strong consistency guarantees.
• Optimized for mixed workloads: Supports transactional, analytical, and AI workloads.
• MySQL compatibility: High compatibility with the MySQL ecosystem.
• Multi-cloud support: Deployable across major cloud platforms and on-premises.
• Open source foundation: Community-driven development.
• Security and compliance: Encryption in transit and at rest.
• Cloud-native object storage: Enables elastic scaling and point-in-time recovery.
• Workload isolation: Separates analytical and transactional workloads.

TiDB’s cloud-native architecture separates compute and storage for elasticity and resilience. Its SQL layer handles distributed query processing and load balancing, while the Placement Driver (PD) manages metadata and data distribution. The storage layer combines row-store, column-store, and object-store engines to support diverse workloads with high durability.

• Financial systems of record and transaction platforms
• Large-scale SaaS applications with multi-tenant workloads
• E-commerce and digital platforms
• Real-time analytics and operational dashboards
• AI-native workloads such as RAG and semantic search

Plaid, Square, Pinterest, Bolt, Flipkart, Atlassian, Capcom, Rakuten, Mercari, Conga, Shopee, JD Cloud & AI, Zhihu, VNG, Xiaomi, Dailymotion, and 360 Financial. (Read the customer stories here.)

These organizations use TiDB to achieve zero-downtime scalability, faster development cycles, and reduced operational costs.

• 39K+ GitHub stars (source code repository)
• 5K+ members in the TiDB Community Slack (community workspace)
• 1K+ community contributors
• 3K+ production adopters

• TiDB Community: Open source software licensed under Apache License 2.0
• TiDB Self-Managed: Commercial subscription for enterprise deployments
• TiDB Cloud: Fully managed database-as-a-service offerings (pricing information)

• Official website: https://www.pingcap.com/tidb/
• Documentation: https://docs.pingcap.com/