O'Reilly's CockroachDB: The Definitive Guide
The blueprint to deliver distributed data at scale
This comprehensive resource provides in-depth knowledge and practical strategies for building resilient, scalable distributed applications.
Whether deploying CockroachDB in production, optimizing performance, or evaluating high availability, this guide provides expert insights to help you succeed.
What’s inside?
This newly updated edition expands on the foundational concepts introduced in the first edition and includes:
Advanced strategies for deploying CockroachDB in production
Updated guidance on high availability and disaster recovery
Best practices for performance tuning
New use cases and real-world applications
Explore the chapters
PART 1: Introduction to CockroachDB
Dive into the core concepts of distributed SQL, then explore the architecture and capabilities of CockroachDB, including its suitable use cases. Follow a step-by-step guide to getting started, both with a local installation and Cockroach Labs’ free cloud service, before finishing up with a walkthrough of CockroachDB’s SQL dialect.
Chapter 1: Why Name a Database After Cockroaches?
Chapter 2: CockroachDB Architecture
Chapter 3: Getting Started
Chapter 4: CockroachDB SQL
PART 2: Developing Applications with CockroachDB
PART 3: Deploying & Administering CockroachDB
About the authors
Written by Cockroach Labs co-founder Ben Darnell, along with former VP of Education Jesse Seldess, industry expert Guy Harrison, and new additions by Rob Reid, this edition provides the most comprehensive guide to achieving success with CockroachDB.
Ben Darnell
Co-Founder and Chief Architect,
Cockroach Labs
Jesse Seldess
Former VP of Education,
Cockroach Labs
Guy Harrison
CTO,
Southbank Software
Rob Reid
Technical Evangelist,
Cockroach Labs
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