Doctolib Needs a Bigger Database - Ok, But Which One?

Explore the challenges and solutions for scaling a massive medical appointment booking database in this conference talk from Devoxx. Dive into Doctolib's journey of operating one of Europe's largest transaction databases on AWS Aurora. Learn about the company's approach to database scaling, including their preference for maintaining a single database system. Discover the criteria used to evaluate potential replacement solutions, focusing on scalability, code compatibility, costs, and hosting options. Gain insights into the benchmarking process and the evaluation of three specific solutions: Spanner, Yugabyte, and Citus. Understand the trade-offs involved in selecting a new database solution and the company's future plans for supporting business growth. Benefit from the expertise of Bertrand Paquet, Principal SRE at Doctolib, as he shares his experience in tackling scaling and reliability problems for a system handling 20,000 requests per second.