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Function Overview

Distributed Database Middleware (DDM) is a MySQL-compatible, distributed middleware service designed for relational databases. It can resolve distributed scaling issues to break through capacity and performance bottlenecks of MySQL databases, helping handle highly concurrent access to massive volumes of data.

Table 1 <ddm_03_0053__table297216124517> lists the functions supported by DDM.

Table 1 DDM functions

Category	Function
Instances	Creating, deleting, renewing, unsubscribing from, and restarting a DDM instance, and changing class of a DDM instance. For details, see Instance Management <ddm_06_0001>.
Backups	Restoring data to a new DDM instance and restoring metadata. For details, see Backups and Restorations <ddm_03_0067>.
Parameter templates	Creating, editing, replicating, and applying a parameter template, and comparing two parameter templates. For details, see Parameter Template Management <ddm_05_0005>.
Task center	Enabling you to view progress and statuses of asynchronous tasks submitted on the console. For details, see Task Center <ddm_09_0002>.
Schemas	Creating, exporting, importing, and deleting schemas. For details, see Schema Management <ddm_03_0006>.
Flexible shards configuration for a schema	You can increase shards or data nodes to scale out storage. For details, see Shard Configuration <ddm_03_0064>.
Accounts	Creating, modifying, and deleting a DDM account, and resetting its password. For details, see Account Management <ddm_05_0001>.
Monitoring	Providing metrics and methods of viewing metrics. For details, see Monitoring Management <ddm_03_0050>.
SQL syntax	Describing DDL, DML, global sequence, SQL statements, and sharding algorithms. For details, see SQL Syntax <ddm-08-0001>.