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The Stack Overflow Podcast
A distributed database that can withstand a meteor strike
Feb 12, 2025
Charlie Yang, CTO of OceanBase, dives into his journey from Alibaba to leading a groundbreaking distributed database that supports over a billion monthly users. He discusses the challenges faced by e-commerce giants in database management and how OceanBase emerged as a scalable solution. The conversation highlights performance advantages of native distributed databases over traditional sharding, with insights into transaction-focused databases and their integration with AI applications. Yang emphasizes the vital role of community contributions in shaping effective database solutions.
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- OceanBase was specifically engineered to tackle the limitations of traditional databases, ensuring high efficiency for Alipay's massive transaction demands.
- The database offers seamless disaster recovery and cost savings by enabling real-time analytics, effectively merging OLTP and OLAP functionalities for enhanced data usability.
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The Growth of Oceanbase
Oceanbase, a distributed database, was developed to meet the growing needs of Alibaba, particularly for Alipay, which serves over a billion users globally. It faced challenges with traditional transactional databases that relied on sharding, which complicated application maintenance. Instead, Oceanbase was designed from the ground up, allowing it to handle massive transaction volumes efficiently. Over the years, it has proven its capabilities, operating effectively and becoming the sole database utilized by Alipay for various core business functions.
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