**OceanBase Database** is a distributed relational database. It is developed entirely by Ant Group. OceanBase Database is built on a common server cluster. Based on the [Paxos](https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/lamport-paxos.pdf) protocol and its distributed structure, OceanBase Database provides high availability and linear scalability. OceanBase Database is not dependent on specific hardware architectures.
**OceanBase Database** is a distributed relational database. It is developed entirely by Ant Group. OceanBase Database is built on a common server cluster. Based on the [Paxos](https://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/lamport-paxos.pdf) protocol and its distributed structure, OceanBase Database provides high availability and linear scalability. OceanBase Database is not dependent on specific hardware architectures.
# Key features
# Key features
*Transparent Scalability
***Transparent Scalability** : An OceanBase cluster can be scaled out to 1,500 nodes transparently, handling petabytes of data and a trillion rows of records.
*Ultra-fast Performance
***Ultra-fast Performance** : The only distributed database that has refreshed both TPC-C record, at 707 million tmpC, and TPC-H record, at 15.26 million QphH @30000GB.
*Real-time Operational Analytics
***Real-time Operational Analytics** : A unified system for both transactional and real-time operational analytics workloads.
*Continuous Availability
***Continuous Availability** : OceanBase Database adopts Paxos Consensus algorithm to achieve Zero RPO and less than 30 seconds of RTO.
*MySQL Compatible
***MySQL Compatible** : OceanBase Database is highly compatible with MySQL, which ensures that zero or few modification is needed for migration.
*Cost Effeciency
***Cost Effeciency** : The cutting-edge compression technology saves 70%-90% of storage costs without compromising performance. The multi-tenancy architecture achieves higher resource utilization.
See [key features](https://en.oceanbase.com/product/opensource) to learn more details.
See also [key features](https://en.oceanbase.com/product/opensource) for more details.
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# Roadmap
# Roadmap
See [OceanBase Roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/oceanbase/projects).
See [OceanBase Roadmap](https://github.com/orgs/oceanbase/projects).
# Case study
# Case study
See [success stories](https://en.oceanbase.com/customer/home).
OceanBase makes data management and use easier with technology innovation. It has been serving more than 400 customers upgrade their database from different industries, including Financial Services, Telecom, Retail, Internet and more.
See also [success stories](https://en.oceanbase.com/customer/home) and [Who is using OceanBase](https://github.com/oceanbase/oceanbase/issues/1301) for more details.