Tiered Datastore Solution for high data growth MySQL using Distributed SQL Databases (DSQL)

11 · Flipkart · Dec. 10, 2021, 5:26 a.m.
IntroductionIn a company like Flipkart, we deal with high data growth transactional systems like order/requirement/ticket management system etc. Usually, entities like order, order items etc tend to grow substantially year on year as we scale more and serve large customers. Generally, MySQL is the widely used datastore due to its durable & ACID guarantees. While MySQL is a brilliant tech stack, it comes with the overhead of data maintenance. To give a rough idea, our MySQL cluster has grown from...