TiDB System Properties

TiDB is an open source distributed scalable hybrid transactional and analytical processing (HTAP) database built by PingCAP.

TiDB Specific Characteristics：

1. Horizontal scalability​
   
2. MySQL compatibility
   
3. Distributed transaction
   
4. Cloud native architecture
   
5. No need for ETL
   
6. High availability

In the current database landscape, infrastructure engineers often have to use one database for online transactional processing (OLTP) and another for online analytical processing (OLAP). Seeing no good solution that can do both in real-time, PingCAP cofounders decided to build a globally scalable Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) database the open-source way.

TiDB aims to break down this separation by building an HTAP database that enables real-time business analysis based on live transactional data. With TiDB, engineers can now spend less time managing multiple database solutions, and more time delivering business value for their companies and customers.

TiDB is designed to support both OLTP and OLAP scenarios. You can use TiDB, the stateless SQL layer compatible with MySQL, for OLTP and ad-hoc OLAP workload, and TiSpark, the TiDB connector for Spark, to process complex OLAP queries.

Use Case Scenarios:

1. Amount of data is too large for a standalone database
   
2. Don’t want to use manual sharding solutions
   
3. Access mode has no obvious hotspot
   
4. Must have transactions, strong consistency, and disaster recovery
   

For more information, see best scenarios for TiDB.

• Bank of Beijing (Banking)
  
• Mobike (Ridesharing)
  
• Toutiao (Media) 
  
• Phoenix TV (Media)
  
• Ele.me (Catering)
  
• Qunar.com (Travel)
  
• Yiguo.com (E-commerce)
  
• GAEA (Gaming)
  
• YOOZOO GAMES (Gaming) 
  
• FUNYOURS JAPAN (Gaming) 
  
• Wanda Internet Technology Group (Big Data)
  
• 360 Financial (FinTech)
  

See more TiDB customers.

1. One of the most popular NewSQL databases.
   

2. 12000+ stars on GitHub​
   

3. 180+ community contributors and 200+ production users

4. TiDB was selected to be on the CNCF Cloud Native Landscape ‘Database and Data Warehouse’ in June 2017. 

5. A cloud-native HTAP database on UCIoud and Tencent Cloud

Open Source Apache 2.0 with either commercial licensing or fully-hosted DB-as-a-service subscription model.

Always Fun, Always On: How TiDB Helps iQiyi Deliver Streaming Videos to Its 421 Million Monthly Users
18 October 2018

Launching TiDB Academy, First Course-“Distributed Database with TiDB for MySQL DBAs”
16 October 2018

PingCAP Raises $50 Million in Series C Round, Sets Eyes on Global Expansion, Cross-Cloud Offering, and More Core Technology Investment
11 September 2018

TiDB Reaches the 200 Contributors Milestone
30 August 2018

9 Why's to Ask When Evaluating a Distributed Database
17 August 2018