Understanding Change Data Capture
In this eBook, we look at why Change Data Capture systems have become popular, discussing how CDC works and how to scale it. We explore potential use cases for CDC, along with popular technology choices to build a CDC system in production environments.

What's in the eBook?
- 01ACME.com A case in point
An example use case using an e-commerce store demonstrates the need for real-time data replication across databases
- 02Change Data Capture (CDC)
What is Change Data Capture and what are the methods of implementing a CDC system?
- 03Designing a production-grade real-time CDC system
Taking CDC from theory to production, with a discussion of architecture and a sample Debezium code snippet
- 04Why CDC is better than traditional batch-based ETL
The advantages that a CDC system has over the more traditional Extract Transform Load pipeline
- 05CDC use cases
Where and when should you use CDC? We look at 6 potential use cases
- 06CDC with Debezium and Kafka
How to implement a CDC system using the open-source platform Debezium and Apache Kafka