OceanBase’s New Database Open-Source Program

Beijing -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- (U.S. Business Information) -- OceanBase, an enterprise-level distributed relational database provider, has attracted more than 21300 users and 50 institutional partners to join its open source projects within a few months of its official launch. Leading Internet companies such as Ctrip, Kwai, Meituan, and Bilibili have also joined the community.
Oceanbase, a subsidiary of Ant Group, announced the latest progress of the new project at the 2021 China Database Technology Conference (DTCC2021). During this period, its partners shared the best practices for deploying or testing its open-source technology.
The open-source community of oceanbase was officially launched on June 1, 2021. Since then, developers from around the world who have joined the community have contributed over 500 code submissions and over 600 original articles on technical practices.
Among more than 50 companies and organizations exploring the further deployment of oceanbase, Ctrip, a one-stop travel service provider listed on Nasdaq, is implementing an open-source version of OceanBase in its risk management and other business systems, and has begun testing the enterprise version.
Chen Yao, a senior database expert on Ctrip, said, "Our database technology faces significant challenges in several different fields, including processing an increasing number of database instances, managing multiple data centers, deploying across multiple locations, while meeting the requirements of reducing operational and maintenance costs and improving system uptime The distributed architecture of OceanBase, coupled with efficient technical support from the team, is exactly what we need
Yang Chuanhui, chief technology officer of OceanBase, said: "Since the launch of our open source project, OceanBase has been widely accepted by database developers, which further shows that our commitment to the open source strategy can support the standardization and adoption of Distributed database, accelerate the development of various products and technologies, and benefit more enterprises and developers."
At the OceanBase 3.0 summit in June, OceanBase announced its comprehensive open-source plan. Based on Mulan Public License Version 2 and open core mode, OceanBase has already opened up 3 million lines of core code.
OceanBase's database technology has been applied to all major businesses of Ant Group. The enterprise OceanBase database also serves many institutions, including the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Bank of Nanjing, Sinopec, China Mobile Zhejiang, etc.
About OceanBase
OceanBase is an enterprise-level distributed relational database launched by Ant Group in 2010. Compared to other solutions, OceanBase's advantages include strong data consistency, high availability, good performance, low cost, strong online scalability, and high compatibility with SQL standards and other mainstream relational databases. Its performance has been proven in the large-scale business scenarios of Alipay and the annual Double 11 Global Shopping Festival. In May 2020, in the TPC-C benchmark test, OceanBase set a world record for online Transaction processing performance at the speed of 707 million transactions per minute. In June 2020, OceanBase was officially registered as an independent company.