Exploring the New YugabyteDB Cost Based Optimizer
A key challenge in a distributed SQL database is achieving high throughput and consistency for both write and read operations. This blog explores the new YugabyteDB Cost Based Optimizer (CBO), an essential piece of the puzzle to achieve high throughput for read operations. It highlights the challenges we tackled while developing the CBO, and details how some of the most impactful aspects of YugabyteDB are modeled.