Blog
Testing large clusters is critical, but doing so at a scale that matches some of our largest customer environments can get costly. What if a totally different – and highly cost-effective -- approach to large cluster testing revealed itself? At Cockroach Labs we decided to take a non-traditional path, and things got very interesting.
Adam Storm
September 13, 2024
spot instances
large cluster testing
database scaling
Events
Global RoachFest Reflections: MC Chris Casano’s NYC Preview
In just 2 weeks we’ll be capping off RoachFest24 in our hometown – New York, NY on September 26. There is so much to look forward to, starting with our incredible headliners including Estée Lauder, Microsoft, and Global Payments.
Becca Weng
September 10, 2024
Events
Postgres Overhaul: Riskified’s Database Scaling Insights at RoachFest24
A highlight of RoachFest24 in London: the dynamic talk by Riskified’s Harel Safra, Data Platform Engineering Team Lead, and Yoav Shemesh, Senior Data Platform Engineer, on database best practices for eCommerce.
Becca Weng
September 9, 2024
Events
A Netflix RoachFest24 Original: The Case for Multi-Region Clusters
This year, we were so grateful to the Netflix team for hitting the stage again after their tremendous premiere in 2022. Four years into their adoption of CockroachDB, Netflix’s team shared many learnings about the best optimizations and configurations that help their clients, internal Netflix developers, meet their goals. The pioneering streaming service has developed a mature platform providing databases-as-a-service to hundreds of Netflix developers and continues building out even more efficient strategies.
Becca Weng
September 4, 2024
Engineering
Video Spotlight: “Chaos Testing – Behind CockroachDB’s Resilience”
Cockroach Labs’ Technical Evangelist Rob Reid just loves trying to break things, and our own cloud-native distributed SQL database is not immune from this impulse. He recently devoted screen time to pushing CockroachDB hard in tough conditions, just to watch it push back.
David Weiss
September 3, 2024
Events
Superbet’s Cloud Migration Story: RoachFest24 Highlights
The RoachFest24 procession continues! We are highlighting all of the best presentations from RoachFest24 so far, from mobile game development to order and inventory management. If these revelations excite you, make sure to register for RoachFest NYC – coming up on September 26!
Becca Weng
August 29, 2024
Scale & Resilience
How Nellis Auction Uses CockroachDB and Google Cloud to Achieve Scale and Reliability
Nellis Auction, an online auction company based in Las Vegas, NV, specializes in reverse logistics – this means handling goods that travel back through the supply chain from customer to distributor or manufacturer, then selling them off in local markets via auction.
Harsh Shah
August 28, 2024
Engineering
Product
How CockroachDB Implements UDFs and SPs
User-defined functions (UDFs) and stored procedures (SPs) allow users to define a set of queries that can be executed at the database by providing only the function or procedure name and any relevant parameters. They provide building blocks for users to compose complex queries, which makes applications less error prone since users don’t need to repeatedly provide the complex query. Another benefit of UDFs/SPs is that they enable better performance by moving more computation closer to the data. There are fewer round trips between the application and database to get the results the user wants.
Drew Kimball
August 27, 2024
Business
PwC UK and Cockroach Labs: Accelerating Modernization and Reducing Regulatory Risk for Financial Services
There’s a lot riding on the technology choices enterprises make. However, a winning strategy for mainframe modernization and reducing regulatory risk means more than just selecting the best tech: It calls for access to a comprehensive solution addressing business, regulatory, and technological challenges.
David Weiss
August 26, 2024
Azure
Engineering
Unlocking Enterprise Scale with CockroachDB: Deploying on Microsoft Azure
This is the second article in the series, Unlocking Enterprise Scale with CockroachDB on Microsoft Azure, where we help you utilize the best that CockroachDB on Azure has to offer. In this blog, we will explore different production options, deployment strategies, and key considerations for single-region and multi-region setups, while introducing key integrations with the Azure ecosystem.
David Joy
August 20, 2024