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Azure
In part 4 of this series, we'll dive deeper into best practices for operating CockroachDB on Azure. We'll cover backups, compute and storage considerations, security, data locality, performance testing and survivability goals.
David Joy
December 20, 2024
Preparing for DORA Regulations: From Fundamentals to Vendor Selection
Technology leaders working in financial services will have likely already heard of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), particularly if they have any presence or operations in Europe. Many will have already gotten to work preparing for it alongside their legal and compliance teams.
Daniel Hegwood
December 18, 2024
SQL
Scale & Resilience
“PostgreSQL Compatible Databases”: A Tale of Two Approaches
It’s a tale of two approaches to turn PostgreSQL into a distributed SQL database solution: forking PostgreSQL or rewriting the SQL layer in a compatible way. This has resulted in a common talking point: If a vendor forks PostgreSQL are they inherently more PostgreSQL compatible?
David Bressler
December 17, 2024
Improving Network Observability in CockroachDB Cloud with Network Inspector
In distributed systems, network reliability is often taken for granted until something goes wrong. While we frequently discuss the theoretical unreliability of networks, our experience shows that the overwhelming majority of network issues stem from misconfigurations – rather than actual infrastructure failures. It is also often hard to prove that a network outage stemmed from a cloud provider if you don’t have real-time observability into the network.
Vishal Jaishankar
December 13, 2024
Google Cloud
Scale & Resilience
Announcing Pay-As-You-Go CockroachDB on Google Cloud Marketplace
We are excited to announce the launch of a new pay-as-you-go offering for CockroachDB Cloud on Google Cloud Marketplace. This new offering makes it easier than ever for teams to procure CockroachDB on Google Cloud while managing costs through their existing Google Cloud billing account.
Ayushi Jain
December 12, 2024
Scale & Resilience
Conquering Downtime, Starbucks App Issues, Nasdaq Live: Cockroach Labs in the News, December 2024
Operational resilience matters 24/7/365. Heading into the holidays, IT professionals rate outage prevention as an extra-high priority. So it was no surprise to see continued media interest in Cockroach Labs’ recently released survey, "The State of Resilience 2025: Confronting Outages, Downtime, and Organizational Readiness.”
David Weiss
December 11, 2024
Mainframe to Distributed SQL, Part 4: Planning Your Data Modernization Strategy
Legacy mainframe systems have long been the backbone of critical finance, healthcare, and government operations. However, as technology evolves, these aging systems often become costly to maintain, challenging to integrate with modern applications, and inefficient in meeting today’s digital demands. Migrating mainframe databases and applications to modern platforms is increasingly seen as a strategic imperative, offering enhanced scalability, flexibility, and cost savings.
Amine El Kouhen
December 9, 2024
Product
Scale & Resilience
Introducing WAL Failover
With CockroachDB release 24.3 we are introducing write-ahead log (WAL) failover, a solution for transient disk stalls commonly seen in cloud storage. During a disk stall, the underlying storage is not available, adding application latency. While we can’t prevent disk stalls, WAL failover helps minimize their impact on CockroachDB instances.
David Bressler
December 6, 2024
Scale & Resilience
RoachFest Recap: City Storage Systems’ Multi-Regional Microservices
The final installment of RoachFest 2024 was in New York City – home not only to the Cockroach Labs headquarters, but also to countless restaurants, small food businesses, and delicious eats. So it was only fitting that we welcomed City Storage Systems (CSS) to RoachFest New York to highlight how they are disrupting the restaurant industry.
Becca Weng
December 5, 2024
AWS
Cockroach Labs Named AWS Industry Partner of the Year – Travel and Hospitality, Finalist
Cockroach Labs is thrilled to announce that we have been named a finalist for the AWS Industry Partner of the Year - Travel and Hospitality - NAMER. This recognition highlights our commitment to providing innovative solutions and services that drive modernization and efficiency.
Becca Weng
December 3, 2024