Import Snapshot Files into TiDB Cloud Starter or Essential

You can import snapshot files from Amazon Aurora or RDS for MySQL into TiDB Cloud Starter or Essential. You need to export these snapshot files from Amazon Aurora or RDS for MySQL as Parquet files first. To ensure a successful import, your data files must follow specific naming conventions. For example, each source data file must have a .parquet suffix and be located in a folder named {db_name}.{table_name}/. For complete details, see Naming Conventions for Data Import.

The import process for snapshot files is the same as for other Parquet files. For step-by-step instructions, see Import Apache Parquet Files from Cloud Storage into TiDB Cloud Starter or Essential.