OLTP Offload:
Optimize Your Transaction-Based Databases

OLTP offload is when expensive queries are moved off of an OLTP database and performed on other data systems. This improves performance and stability, cuts costs, and preserves systems of record.

Many teams turn to read replicas and other bandaids to execute OLTP offload. But these stopgaps are not durable in the long-term. To perform effective OLTP offload, teams need an Cloud Operational Data Store.

Some of the topics covered include:

• Why running expensive (i.e. high compute) queries on an OLTP database is challenging

• OLTP offload: what does this process look like, and how it can improve database speed and stability

• Different methods for OLTP offload, including performing queries on the primary database, scaling up, and read replicas

• Why you should offload your expensive queries onto an operational data warehouse

Read on to learn everything you need to know about OLTP offload, including all the different methods leveraged by teams. And find out why an Cloud Operational Data Store is the right solution.