# Applicable Scenario for TiDB Lightning

__*Lightning application scenario*__

+ Application scenario
  + Fast initialization of large amounts of data
  + Logical backup recover
+ File formats
  + Import data sources in dumpling, CSV, or Amazon Aurora Parquet output formats
  + Read data from local disk or Amazon S3
  
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TiDB Lightning has the following two main usage scenario:
Quickly import large amounts of new data.
recover all backed-up data.

Currently, TiDB Lightning supports:
Import data from dumpling output, a CSV file, or an Apache Parquet file generated by Amazon Aurora.
Read data from a local disk or Amazon S3 cloud disk.