What is hybrid transactional/analytical processing (HTAP)?

HTAP systems support both transactional and analytical workloads on the same data platform.

Traditionally, OLTP (transactions) and OLAP (analytics) are separated. HTAP combines both by maintaining real-time replication of transactional data into analytical structures. This reduces latency between operational and analytical systems. However, it requires careful isolation to prevent analytical queries from impacting transactional performance.