CockroachDB: How to Build a Scalable, Ultra-Resilient Postgres Cluster
Details
Come to this session to learn about how to make a clusterized Postgres database in your own environment using CockroachDB, a distributed SQL database created as an open-source Postgres-compatible database with strong ACID guarantees.
CockroachDB gives an alternative to standalone Postgres to answer the most important issues you have to handle after you move your databases into production:
How can you keep the database running in case of failures and upgrades?
How can you scale the database?
Considering it's a cluster, how can you keep the database instances consistent with each other?
And can you create a cluster across regions, clouds, or a hybrid and still get good performance?
CockroachDB raft-based cluster technology solves these challenges while presenting a single-instance Postgres database using standard Postgres drivers to make it easy to use.
Speaker bio:
Randy Chertkow is a Principal Engineer at Cockroach Labs and has over 25 years of IT experience as an infrastructure architect for Fortune 500 companies. He has used his skills as a database developer, architect, and tools expert to implement enterprise-scale IT at companies like Abbott Laboratories, VMware, Mesosphere and more. He has a Master’s in Computer Science: Data Communications with a concentration in artificial intelligence. Besides his IT background, Randy is a musician on the side and has also written four books with major publishers about the music business.