Navigating Transaction-focused Databases

This chapter explores the challenges and solutions related to transaction-focused databases, focusing on performance, availability, and reliability. It highlights the implementation of a quorum-based consensus protocol, disaster recovery strategies, and the evolution of hybrid transactional and analytical processing (HTAP). Furthermore, the discussion covers the integration of OLTP and OLAP functionalities in Oceanbase, showcasing its potential in AI applications and the future of database technologies.