Introduction to TiDB Cloud Starter

Lab Description

In this lab, you will learn the basic operations and features of TiDB Cloud. The tasks include: - Connect to a TiDB Cloud Starter cluster and issue queries from MySQL Client. - Review key compatibility considerations between TiDB and MySQL. - See how TiDB eliminates the need for manual sharding. - Speed up analytical queries by using the columnar storage option TiFlash. - Explore the auto-embedding and semantic search features that make TiDB Cloud "Generative AI applications ready". - Understand how Non-Blocking Online DDL allows you to perform schema changes without downtime. - Learn how Request Units (RUs) simplify and automate resource provisioning and scaling. - Leverage database branches to accelerate innovation in parallel.