Art of Distributed System Architecture Design
Nov 6, 2015 · Databases
Airbnb’s Database Scaling Using MySQL Replication and Vertical Sharding
Airbnb tackled rapid data growth by vertically partitioning tables across multiple MySQL databases using Amazon RDS replication, minimizing downtime through read‑replica promotion, and implementing a staged migration that reduced primary database writes by 33%, cut size by 20%, and improved stability and scalability.
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