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Engineering
Admission control is the system in CockroachDB that prioritizes work during different types of node overload. In a properly sized cluster, where the work does not exceed the resource capacity, all work proceeds uninterrupted and effectively receives equal priority.
Jon St. John
May 14, 2024
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Integrate CockroachDB with Confluent Cloud using Change Data Capture
CockroachDB v23.2 now seamlessly integrates with Confluent, using change data capture so users can connect the CRDB's distributed SQL capabilities with the real-time event streaming features of Confluent.
Abbey Russell
May 10, 2024
System
How to build a payments system that scales to infinity (with examples)
Everybody, from banking applications to retailers to SaaS applications, deals with payment processing. But architecting a system that can deal with payments at scale is challenging.
Charlie Custer
May 8, 2024
Product
From Resilience to Scale: 12 Mission-Critical Use Cases Backed by CockroachDB
If you’ve paid a bill online, ordered an item from your favorite ecommerce site, or navigated a series of security steps to verify your identity, then you’ve interacted with the types of services powered by CockroachDB. Let's discuss 12 common use cases for CockroachDB.
Cassie McAllister
May 7, 2024
Scale & Resilience
Horizontal scaling - and why I’m grateful for CockroachDB
I’ve long extolled the benefits of CockroachDB and its ability to horizontally scale for reads and writes. I’ll frequently contrast it with databases that require their users to manually shard in order to achieve scale. To avoid being disingenuous, I decided to put my money where my mouth is and give it a go myself.
Rob Reid
May 2, 2024
Product
Metadata management reference architecture: A quick guide with diagrams
Metadata management is a critical part of any business application. Let’s take a quick look at what metadata is, why it’s important, and how you can architect your application to ensure highly available, consistent metadata at scale.
Charlie Custer
Apr 30, 2024
Company
Netflix, Riskified Headline CockroachDB’s RoachFest 2024
Netflix and other innovators are headlining RoachFest 2024, the event series from distributed SQL database CockroachDB. Attend in Menlo Park, London and NYC.
David Weiss
Apr 24, 2024
System
The limitations of PostgreSQL in financial services
PostgreSQL has more than 35 years of active development under its belt making it one of the most powerful and reliable relational database management systems (RDBMS). Even today it’s the fourth most popular database in the world, backed by a global community of dedicated supporters. It’s a good fit for business critical workloads because PostgreSQL delivers a highly stable foundation and is ACID compliant. This is also why it’s often used in financial services and for use cases that handle money.
Cassie McAllister
Apr 23, 2024
Product
How to migrate from Oracle to CockroachDB | Oracle Database Migration Guide
Fortune 50 banks companies, fortune 100 SaaS companies, and fortune 300 logistics companies have migrated workloads from Oracle to CockroachDB.
Andrew Deally
Apr 19, 2024
How to build a user metadata store that lets you turn off PagerDuty
Charlie Custer
Apr 12, 2024