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Database Modernization

Mainframe to Distributed SQL, An Introduction: What is a Mainframe?

This post is first in a series about Mainframe Migration from Cockroach Labs, exploring the fundamentals of mainframes and the evolution of today’s distributed database architecture.

Amine El Kouhen, Sr Partner Solutions Architect, Cockroach Labs

Amine El Kouhen, Ph.D.

September 17, 2024

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Engineering

Software & Tech

Multi-tenancy for SaaS: 6 Takeaways from a Senior Principal Cloud Architect

Tod Golding, Senior Principal Cloud Architect and Global SaaS Tech Lead at AWS, has spent the last 7 years of his career focused on cloud-optimized architecture design. He joined Cockroach Labs’ Technical Evangelist, Rob Reid, for a conversation on "Debunking Myths around Multi-Tenancy."

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Becca Weng

September 16, 2024

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Engineering

You Ran the Operational Database on What?! Testing Spot Instances

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.

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Adam Storm

September 13, 2024

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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.

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Becca Weng

September 10, 2024

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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.

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Becca Weng

September 9, 2024

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Events

Database Modernization

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.

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Becca Weng

September 4, 2024

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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.

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David Weiss

September 3, 2024

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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!

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Becca Weng

August 29, 2024

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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.

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Harsh Shah

August 28, 2024

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