OceanBase Database is available in two editions: OceanBase Database Enterprise Edition and OceanBase Database Community Edition.
OceanBase Database Enterprise Edition is a distributed database for mission-critical workloads at any scale. It delivers unparalleled high performance and availability, supports multi-workloads for real-time analytics, and simplifies your architecture with multi-model capabilities. With integrated SQL+AI, OceanBase Database accelerates AI development and advanced analytics, while ensuring cost-effectiveness and full compatibility with Oracle and MySQL.
OceanBase Database Community Edition is a standalone distributed and integrated database compatible with MySQL. It is built on the native distributed architecture and supports enterprise-level features such as financial-grade high availability, transparent horizontal scaling, distributed transactions, multitenancy, and syntax compatibility. OceanBase Database Community Edition has an open-source kernel and provides open APIs and various eco-capabilities to help enterprises or individuals better meet their customized business requirements.
This topic mainly describes the deployment methods and applicable scenarios of OceanBase Database Enterprise Edition and OceanBase Database Community Edition.
Deployment methods
OceanBase Database Enterprise Edition:
- Use OceanBase Cloud Platform (OCP) to deploy an OceanBase cluster
- Use OceanBase Deployer (obd) to deploy an OceanBase cluster
- Use the CLI to deploy an OceanBase cluster
OceanBase Database Community Edition:
- Use obd to deploy an OceanBase cluster
- Use OCP to deploy an OceanBase cluster
- Use the Docker image to deploy an OceanBase cluster
- Use ob-operator to deploy an OceanBase cluster in a Kubernetes environment
Applicable scenarios
OceanBase Database Enterprise Edition:
For a production environment, we recommend that you deploy an OceanBase cluster by using OCP. For specific operations, see Deploy a three-replica OceanBase cluster by using OCP.
For a non-production environment, you can use the CLI to deploy an OceanBase cluster. For specific operations, see Deploy a three-replica OceanBase cluster by using the CLI.
OceanBase Database Community Edition:
For quick experience scenarios on non-natively supported operating systems (such as macOS and Windows), we recommend that you deploy OceanBase Database by using the Docker image. For specific operations, see Deploy OceanBase Database container environment.
For quick experience scenarios on natively supported operating systems (Linux series; for details, see the list of supported operating systems), we recommend that you deploy OceanBase Database by using obd. For specific operations, see Quick start and deploy OceanBase Database in the official OceanBase Deployer documentation.
For an online environment, we recommend that you use obd for standard deployment. For specific operations, see Deploy an OceanBase cluster through the obd GUI.
For a Kubernetes environment, we recommend that you deploy OceanBase Database by using ob-operator. For specific operations, see Deploy OceanBase Database in a Kubernetes cluster.
References
- For detailed information about the deployment process of OceanBase Database Enterprise Edition, see Deployment process.
- For deployment information about OceanBase Database Community Edition, see Deployment overview of OceanBase Database Community Edition.
- For information about obd, see What is obd.