Modernizing MySQL: How Bolt Serves 100M Global Customers with Distributed SQL
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Recently valued at $8.4 billion, Bolt has experienced 400% growth since the pandemic, making it the fastest growing company in Europe. However, as its business rapidly expanded, its fleet of MySQL databases became difficult to scale, operate, and maintain.
Participants joined Leandro Morgado, as he recounted the company’s journey from legacy MySQL to distributed SQL. He shared in-depth insights from the trenches that showcased Bolt’s process for finding a viable solution.
Key topics included:
- Why Bolt shifted to a microservices architecture, and how this impacted their MySQL data infrastructure
- How the company evaluated potential MySQL alternatives
- Why Bolt chose TiDB, an open source distributed SQL database, to replace MySQL over other solutions
- How TiDB gives the company’s engineering team the confidence to scale effectively and serve 100 million global customers
Why PARTICIPANTS AttendED This Live Session
This LIVE webinar equipped participants and their teams with the tools, strategies, and mindset needed to scale their applications beyond legacy MySQL. They didn’t want to miss it!
What participants discoverED during this session
Meet the speakers
Senior Database Reliability Engineer at Bolt
Leandro Morgado ensures the availability, performance, and security of the Bolt’s MySQL and TiDB databases. He is a seasoned “Unixy” engineer with over 15 years of experience in the MySQL ecosystem. Throughout his career, Leandro has held diverse roles in web hosting, MySQL support, and database consulting. He has previously worked at organisations such as Rackspace, Sun Microsystems/Oracle, and Pythian.