A data processing method includes a data processing system that receives a first write request, where the data processing system includes a first compute cluster, a second compute cluster, and a shared storage, the shared storage is configured to store data of a first data table, the first write request is used to write first data into the first data table, and the first data table belongs to the first compute cluster. The second compute cluster writes, into the shared storage, the first data that belongs to the first data table. The second compute cluster sends, to the first compute cluster, first metadata corresponding to the first data. The first compute cluster stores the first metadata corresponding to the first data.