Listen "Scaling Open Source Databases"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode of Lessons from Production, I’m joined by Bhanu from TiDB and Nikhil from ElasticRun. We dive into what it really takes to run open source databases at scale, from architecture choices to reliability challenges, performance tuning, and real-world war stories. Whether you're managing distributed systems or just curious about how companies like ElasticRun use TiDB in production, there's a lot to learn from this one.TiDB Cloud free trial here. Shoutout to them for sponsoring this podcast.TiDB is an open-source, distributed SQL database built for real-time analytics on transactional data. It combines the best of both OLTP and OLAP, making it ideal for modern applications needing scale, speed, and flexibility.Want to be a guest on the show? I’m always looking to chat with builders, founders, and engineers working on interesting problems. Connect with me at [email protected], I’d love to hear your story.
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