How We Migrated 150M PostgreSQL Rows to TiDB Cloud With SeaTunnel
1. Why Migrate the Database?
In the early stages of our business, we used PostgreSQL as both an OLTP and analytical database, deployed and maintained on our own infrastructure. In day-to-day operations, however, maintaining high availability, scheduling regular backups, and handling failure recovery required significant engineering effort. The resulting operational costs and complexity were high, and occasional operational oversights introduced a certain level of risk to business continuity.
Given that TiDB Cloud, PingCAP's cloud database service, eliminates the need for on-premises deployment and maintenance while offering convenient usage and flexible, controllable pricing, we decided to migrate our PostgreSQL database to TiDB Cloud, with business continuity and stability as our top priorities. We also saw this migration as an opportunity to explore a more diversified data storage and analytics architecture that would better fit our business needs.
Our core business focuses on road traffic checkpoint data analytics. Based...
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