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PolarDB:Cross-node parallel execution

Last Updated:Jun 10, 2026

supports cross-node parallel execution, distributing SQL queries across multiple compute nodes. This accelerates analytical queries for, maximizes PolarFileSystem I/O throughput, and improves CPU and memory utilization across all compute nodes.

Prerequisites

  • For clusters created before V1.1.20 (January 2022), enable this feature manually. Go to the Quota Center, find the PolarDB PG Cross-node Parallel Execution quota, and click Request in the Operation column.

  • The minor engine version of must be V1.1.11 or later. To upgrade, see .

Benefits

Cross-node parallel execution offers these benefits:

  • Hybrid transactional and analytical processing (HTAP):

    • Run analytical queries on transactional (TP) data in real time.

    • Analytical read-only nodes can be physically isolated from TP read-only nodes, preventing analytical queries from affecting TP services.

  • Scales with the decoupled storage-compute architecture of:

    • Add read-only nodes as needed. New nodes join the distributed parallel computing process without data resharding.

    • Prevents data skew.

Scenarios

Suited for lightweight analytical workloads in daily operations, such as account reconciliation.

Features

  • Cross-node parallel execution runs analytical queries and provides HTAP capabilities..