In this talk, we’ll discuss how we built TiDB, an open-source, distributed SQL database. We’ll walk through the design considerations and key technologies. We’ll also uncover how it achieves scalability, consistency, and high availability to redefine what’s possible with distributed SQL databases. Finally, we’ll explore how TiDB's architecture taps into the promises of the cloud to deploy a serverless Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) platform.
Topics covered include:
- TiDB’s design goals and principles
- The evolution of TiDB’s architecture
- How to address the challenges of data distribution, distributed transactions, and distributed SQL optimization and execution.
- Lessons learned and key best practices
Speaker
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Li Shen
SVP & Founding Engineer @PingCAP
Li Shen is the founding engineer of PingCAP, the company behind TiDB. He is a maintainer of several popular open-source projects including TiDB and TiKV, a distributed transactional key-value store and CNCF graduated project. Li has extensive experience in data infrastructure, software architecture design, and cloud computing.
Session Sponsored By
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PingCAP is the company behind TiDB, the most advanced, open-source, distributed SQL database.