OceanBase is a distributed SQL database that supports both transactional and analytical workloads with full MySQL compatibility, enabling seamless scaling and high availability through a multi-replica architecture. It addresses the challenges of data management and performance in mission-critical applications by providing 100% ACID compliance and reducing storage costs by up to 90%.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Traditional database systems often struggle to efficiently handle both transactional (OLTP) and analytical (OLAP) workloads, leading to complex ETL processes, data redundancy, and increased costs. Scaling these systems can be challenging, requiring sharding and application changes, while maintaining high availability and data consistency during outages remains a critical concern.
Solution
OceanBase is a distributed SQL database designed to handle both OLTP and OLAP workloads within a single system, eliminating the need for separate databases and complex ETL processes. Its distributed architecture enables elastic scalability, allowing users to scale horizontally, vertically, or at the tenant level without downtime or application modifications. OceanBase ensures high availability with RPO=0 and RTO < 8 seconds, providing automatic disaster recovery through multi-replica architecture, even during server, rack, or region outages. The database also offers multi-tenancy capabilities for database consolidation, reducing costs and increasing operational efficiency.
Target Audience
OceanBase targets enterprises with mission-critical applications requiring high performance, scalability, and availability, including those in fintech, digital economy, and other industries managing large-scale data and complex workloads.
Features
- Full MySQL compatibility, ensuring seamless migration and reduced learning curve
- 100% ACID compliance with distributed transactions and multi-replica strong synchronization based on Paxos protocols
- Support for row and column-based data storage, optimized for both transactional and analytical queries
- Advanced compression technology, reducing storage costs by 70%-90%
- Multi-model support, including SQL, XML, JSON, key-value, full-text search, and geospatial data
- Multi-cloud deployment options, including dedicated Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) and self-hosted solutions
- Enterprise-grade optimizer for complex SQL optimization and processing