Case Study: EasyPost scales its 32 TB MySQL workload with TiDB from PingCAP

EasyPost speeds DDL changes and scales 32 TB with PingCAP

EasyPost, a leader in logistics technology, faced a critical scaling challenge with its 32-terabyte legacy MySQL database. The system was hitting severe storage and performance limits, making complex sharding ineffective. To modernize its infrastructure, EasyPost partnered with vendor PingCAP to evaluate its distributed SQL database, TiDB.

PingCAP implemented TiDB, which offered horizontal scalability, MySQL compatibility, and critical Time-to-Live features. The solution proved stable under peak holiday traffic and delivered dramatic performance gains, such as making DDL changes that once took hours now instantaneous. The successful proof of concept has paved the way for EasyPost's full production deployment and future active-active ambitions, transforming its legacy system into a modern data foundation.

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