Zero Downtime Data Relocation with Vitess

Explore a 27-minute conference talk on zero downtime data relocation using Vitess, presented by Liz van Dijk and Deepthi Sigireddi from PlanetScale at a CNCF event. Discover how Vitess's flexible sharding architecture and native support for "cells" enable the creation of jurisdiction-aware database clusters, solving data locality issues without application redesign. Learn about Vitess's built-in resharding workflows for easy migration from existing databases to multi-location setups. Watch a demonstration of a custom sharding scheme that respects data locality requirements, showcasing the transfer of data for people from 8 countries across 4 jurisdictions with zero application downtime. Gain insights into Vitess basics, unified databases, cells, next indexes, charting functions, and the practical implementation of these concepts through a live demo and recap.