TiDB 1.0 is production ready
Two and a half years ago, Edward, Dylan, and I started this journey to build a new database for an old problem that has long plagued the infrastructure software industry. Today, we are proud to announce that this database, TiDB, is production ready. Abraham Lincoln once said, ‘the best way to predict the future is to create it.’ The future we predicted 771 days ago we now have created, because of the hard work and dedication of not just every member of our team, but also every contributor, user, and partner in our open source community. Today, we celebrate and pay gratitude to the power of…
TiDB 1.0 is production ready launched on October 18, 2017 with 19 votes, #893 of 3,169 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
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TiDB is a distributed database designed to address long-standing infrastructure challenges in the software industry. Built over two and a half years of development, it combines horizontal scalability with relational database capabilities. The system is intended for developers and infrastructure teams managing large-scale data systems. TiDB is open source and has reached production readiness, supported by contributions from its team, community users, and partners.
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Two and a half years ago, Edward, Dylan, and I started this journey to build a new database for an old problem that has long plagued the infrastructure software industry. Today, we are proud to announce that this database, TiDB, is production ready. Abraham Lincoln once said, ‘the best way to predict the future is to…
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