Databases

Replicating Transactional Databases to ClickHouse : Transaction Log Analysis and Time Travel

UB2.252A (Lameere)
Arnaud Adant
<p>This talk discusses the design choices behind this open source project leveraging Debezium : https://github.com/Altinity/clickhouse-sink-connector It reliably replicates data to ClickHouse, a well known open source real time analytics database that can be deployed anywhere. The sink-connector provides an alternative to proprietary solutions that typically lock people in or are only available on the cloud. It works with MySQL, MariaDB. Postgres, Oracle (experimental) and MongoDB. As a bonus, Binary logs analysis and Time Travel will also be presented.</p>

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Live Stream https://live.fosdem.org/watch/ub2252a
Type devroom
Language English

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