Concepts
This section is for anyone evaluating TigerBeetle, learning about it, or just curious. It focuses on the big picture — what is the problem that TigerBeetle solves and why it looks nothing like a typical SQL database from the outside and from the inside.
- OLTP defines the domain of TigerBeetle — system of record for business transactions.
- Debit-Credit argues that double-entry bookkeeping is the right schema for this domain.
- Performance explains how TigerBeetle achieves state-of-the-art performance.
- Safety shows that safety and performance are not add odds with each other and that, on the contrary, an unprecedented level of safety can be achieved for OLTP.