OceanBaseWhat is OceanBase?
It is a native distributed relational database. It is developed entirely by Alibaba and Ant Group. It is built on a common server cluster. Based on the Paxos protocol and its distributed structure, it provides high availability and linear scalability. It is not dependent on specific hardware architectures.
OceanBase is a tool in the Databases category of a tech stack.
Key Features
High availability Single server failure recovers automatically. OceanBase Database supports cross-city disaster tolerance for multiple IDCs and zero data loss. OceanBase Database meets the financial industry Level 6 disaster recovery standard (RPO=0, RTO<=30 seconds)Linear scalability OceanBase Database scales transparently to applications and balances the system load automatically. Its cluster can contain more than 1500 nodes. The data volume can reach petabytes. The records in a single table can be more than a trillion rowsHighly compatible with MySQL OceanBase Database is compatible with MySQL protocol and syntax. You can access to OceanBase Database by using MySQL clientHigh performance OceanBase Database supports quasi memory level data change and exclusive encoding compression. Together with the linear scalability, OceanBase Database provides high performanceLow cost OceanBase Database uses PC servers and cheap SSDs. Its high storage compression ratio and high performance also reduce the storage cost and the computing costMulti-tenancy OceanBase Database supports native multi-tenancy architecture. One cluster supports multiple businesses. Data is isolated among tenants. This reduces the deployment, operation, and maintenance costs
OceanBase Pros & Cons
Pros of OceanBase
- ✓Horizontal scalability
- ✓HTAP
- ✓MySQL Compatibility
- ✓Open Source
- ✓Oracle Compatibility
- ✓Strong ACID
- ✓Structured and UnStructured data
- ✓Vector Retrieval
Cons of OceanBase
No cons listed yet.
OceanBase Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to OceanBase?
MySQL
The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is an advanced object-relational database management system that supports an extended subset of the SQL standard, including transactions, foreign keys, subqueries, triggers, user-defined types and functions.
MongoDB
MongoDB stores data in JSON-like documents that can vary in structure, offering a dynamic, flexible schema. MongoDB was also designed for high availability and scalability, with built-in replication and auto-sharding.
