Distributed, cloud-native databases are the future, but setting one up is complicated, right? It doesn’t have to be! In fact, you can register for free and set up a new CockroachDB Dedicated database in the time it takes to make a bowl of ramen:

Charlie Custer

July 28, 2021

What’s the best way to do a database migration? It’s a challenging question. No single approach is going to be the best fit for every use case. However, after speaking with LaunchDarkly Senior Distributed Systems Engineer Justin Caballero in a recent webinar, we think LaunchDarkly’s migration from Postgres and MongoDB to CockroachDB presents some great database migration best practices.

Charlie Custer

July 26, 2021

When the performance of your SQL database drops suddenly, do you know why? Tracking performance and linking cause to effect can be tricky with real-world database systems. DBAs, architects, and SREs are often working with multiple database systems, each with multiple databases in various states of development, testing, and production. These systems are often mixed between one or more cloud providers and self-hosted servers. On top of that, the performance of each database is influenced by auto-scaling, constantly-shifting workloads, engineering changes and updates, and more!

Charlie Custer

July 6, 2021

Optimal Systems came to CockroachDB with the best kind of problem: they had become too successful. Optimal was founded in 1991 to meet the European Space Agency’s need to archive its satellite photos. Decades of successful growth saw the storage product they built for the ESA evolve and expand to serve clients in more than 30 countries.

Charlie Custer

June 23, 2021

Imagine this: you work in system architecture for a multibillion-dollar consumer-facing business, and it’s the middle of a busy weekend. Suddenly, your database goes down. Transactions aren’t processing. Customers are angry. Logistical issues are stacking up because inventory and warehouse tracking are down. Customer service reps are swamped, but half of the technical staff are twiddling their thumbs because they can’t do their work without a functional database.

Charlie Custer

June 3, 2021

How does DoorDash keep 1.9PB of data and 1.2M QPS highly available? That’s the kind of question that keeps enterprise engineers up at night. And while the right database software can make it easier, achieving high availability at scale is never easy.

Charlie Custer

February 7, 2024