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Updated on 2023-01-19 GMT+08:00

What Is GaussDB?

GaussDB is a distributed relational database from Huawei. It supports hybrid transactional/analytical processing (HTAP) workloads and intra-city cross-AZ deployment with zero data loss. With a distributed architecture, GaussDB supports petabytes of storage and contains more than 1,000 nodes per DB instance. It is highly available, secure, and scalable and provides services including quick deployment, backup, restoration, monitoring, and alarm reporting for enterprises.

The overall architecture of a distributed instance is as follows: