The Cockroach Labs Blog

If your enterprise relies on SAP Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise (ASE), then uncertainty is a big part of your experience.

David Weiss

April 28, 2025

After a packed and high-energy kickoff in Dallas, our Resilience Roadshow: Unlocking Operational Continuity with AWS & CockroachDB event series hits New York City, Santa Clara, CA and Chicago this May 2025.

David Weiss

April 25, 2025

You can’t afford downtime, inconsistent data, or complex infrastructure — not during peak season, and not at scale. While CockroachDB is a premium product, it reduces total cost of ownership by eliminating manual operations, enabling global scale, and delivering the resilience required for today’s customer expectations.

Becca Weng

April 24, 2025

Here are 7 expert-backed tips from the 2nd edition of CockroachDB: The Definitive Guide (O’Reilly Media, 2025) to help you get the most out of your distributed SQL database. To get the full details, download your free copy of O’Reilly’s CockroachDB: The Definitive Guide, 2nd edition, today.

Becca Weng

April 23, 2025

Clock synchronization is a critical challenge in distributed systems like CockroachDB. While atomic clocks and GPS-based hardware provide nanosecond-level precision, they introduce unnecessary complexity and cost barriers for typical deployments. CockroachDB takes a pragmatic approach, leveraging the Network Time Protocol (NTP) along with software-based compensation techniques to achieve reliable time coordination across database nodes.

Alex Entin

April 22, 2025

There’s a certain kind of engineering story that only comes out under pressure — the real stories that reveal themselves when systems are stressed, customers are demanding, and the infrastructure either bends or breaks. RoachFest 2025 is about honoring these stories, and providing space for enthusiasts and experts to gather and share what they’re building, challenges they encountered, and how they fixed it.

Rob Reid

April 21, 2025

As volatile as capital markets feel today, one thing remains certain: CockroachDB keeps critical systems running — no matter what.

David Weiss

April 18, 2025

Imagine this: A TikTok video of your product goes viral overnight, and suddenly thousands of eager shoppers flood your online store. Or it's Cyber Monday and your flash sale traffic skyrockets. These kinds of spiky workloads – sudden surges in user activity – are the new normal in retail.

David Weiss

April 17, 2025

Ten years ago, we set out to build a database that could survive anything — and thrive anywhere. That idea grew into CockroachDB: a database born in the cloud, built to scale globally, and engineered for resilience. Today, we’re marking a new chapter in our journey with the appointment of Sailesh Munagala as Chief Financial Officer.

Spencer Kimball

April 15, 2025