Why modernize with CockroachDB?
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Agility and flexibility
Build on a cloud-native infrastructure to quickly adapt to market changes and customer requests
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Time and money
Reduce operational and capital expenses associated with mainframe hardware and specialized personnel
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Scale and resilience
Achieve automated, horizontal scale (up and down) with enhanced disaster recovery capabilities
Global scale, access, and efficiency of the cloud
CockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database that’s built to support modern application development in the cloud while delivering a secure and reliable environment that you can trust with your critical workloads.
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Monolithic design | Supports microservices and modular design |
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Proprietary hardware, on-premise | Cloud-based platform, on–premise or hybrid |
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Batch processing oriented, tools available to stream as source and sink | Real-time processing |
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High reliability & security | High reliability & security across environments (on-premise and in the cloud) |
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Manually add data centers for redundancy | Automatic resiliency across data centers (zero RPO) |
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Manual scale, need to plan capacity in advance | Automated scale, scale up and back down as needed |
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Legacy languages (e.g., COBOL, FORTRAN), Java, Python, etc. | Contemporary languages (e.g. Python, Java, etc.) |
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Serializable, guaranteed consistent | Serializable, guaranteed consistent |
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Proprietary systems with vendor lock-in | Cloud-native system, no vendor lock-in |
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Specialized and trained personnel | Familiar with PostgreSQL |
CockroachDB for modern application development
Integrations
Build apps that integrate with modern technologies (web interfaces, mobile, IoT, AI/ML)
Data-intensive
Accommodate requirements for cloud elasticity, large data volumes, and variable processing needs
Spikes in scale
Adapt to apps experiencing variable or growing demand that benefit from a scale up/down infrastructure