The Fifth Elephant 2025 Annual Conference (18 & 19 July)

Problem statement

Today’s engineering teams don’t just build applications; they also need to deeply understand user behavior and align products with evolving sentiments. Traditional database systems often force a difficult choice: optimize for Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), ideal for rapid, individual operations, or for Online Analytical Processing (OLAP), designed for complex, aggregate queries. This often leads to fragmented data architectures and operational complexity. Modern databases, however, are bridging this gap with Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) capabilities, offering a unified solution.

Discussion

In this talk, we’ll dive into:

• Understanding HTAP: What it is, why it’s a game-changer, and how it addresses the limitations of traditional OLTP and OLAP systems.
• TiDB’s Architecture: A concise overview of how TiDB is architected to deliver HTAP, highlighting its key components.
• HTAP in Action: We’ll demystify how TiDB seamlessly supports both OLTP and OLAP workloads within a single system.
• Intelligent Workload Management: Discover how TiDB intelligently distinguishes between and optimizes for OLTP and OLAP queries.
• Recorded Demonstration: See HTAP in action with a recorded demo showcasing its capabilities.
• Performance or Resilience: We’ll discuss performance characteristics or explore how TiDB handles failure recovery, ensuring data consistency and availability.

Takeaways

• A clear understanding of the HTAP paradigm and how modern databases are solving the challenges of integrated transactional and analytical workloads.
• Insights into how HTAP can simplify your data architecture, eliminating the need for complex, siloed OLTP and OLAP systems.

Bio

Sachin Japate is a seasoned database engineer with over a decade of experience specializing in database architecture and performance tuning. He is deeply passionate about MySQL and its fork, Percona, and currently brings his expertise to Flipkart’s DBaaS team. There, he has been instrumental in building a managed service platform for efficiently deploying and managing databases like MySQL and TiDB.

Raj Suvariya is a Software Engineer at Stripe with over 8 years of experience spanning Android, Frontend, Backend, and Platform Engineering. He has a strong passion for modern data solutions and was recognized as a TiDB Champion for 2025, reflecting his contributions and commitment to the data engineering community.