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There are many ways to describe a database: the role it plays in a distributed architecture, the various internal components that make it work, and the various levels that define specific roles and ...

TiDB is a prime example of an intrinsically scalable and reliable distributed SQL database architecture. Here’s how it works. In the good old days, databases had a relatively simple job: help with the ...

With data volumes spiraling out of control, companies are searching for less expensive and more efficient storage technologies. The most common approaches for storing data have been with disk and ...