software
OLTP
Online Transaction Processing
Definition
OLTP databases are optimized for high-throughput, low-latency transactional workloads — inserting, updating, and querying individual records. Row-oriented storage and ACID transactions are hallmarks of OLTP systems like PostgreSQL, MySQL, and Oracle.
OLTP databases power application backends; ETL/ELT pipelines replicate their data to OLAP systems for analytics.
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