Beyond Performance: Database Benchmarking for the Real-World

Traditional database benchmarks focus heavily on throughput and latency–measuring ideal conditions, not operational reality.

In this webinar, we’ll challenge outdated assumptions and unveil the Performance under Adversity benchmark: a new, failure-forward standard built to measure how databases behave when things break.

You'll learn why resilience–not raw speed–is the new baseline for modern databases. We’ll stress-test CockroachDB live under simulated outages — from single-node failures to full region loss — so you can see exactly what it takes to stay online when it matters most.

In this session you can expect to learn:

• Why traditional benchmarks set you up for failure

• How the Performance Under Adversity benchmark reframes database evaluation and what it reveals about real-world failure patterns

• A scenario-by-scenario break down of failure conditions and what they actually test

• Why Distributed SQL isn’t just scalable, it's survivable

• What our stress tests of CockroachDB taught us about staying online and building for continuity, not just capacity