The Cockroach Labs Blog

It’s a tale of two approaches to turn PostgreSQL into a distributed SQL database solution: forking PostgreSQL or rewriting the SQL layer in a compatible way. This has resulted in a common talking point: If a vendor forks PostgreSQL are they inherently more PostgreSQL compatible?

David Bressler

December 17, 2024

In distributed systems, network reliability is often taken for granted until something goes wrong. While we frequently discuss the theoretical unreliability of networks, our experience shows that the overwhelming majority of network issues stem from misconfigurations – rather than actual infrastructure failures. It is also often hard to prove that a network outage stemmed from a cloud provider if you don’t have real-time observability into the network.

Vishal Jaishankar

December 13, 2024

We are excited to announce the launch of a new pay-as-you-go offering for CockroachDB Cloud on Google Cloud Marketplace. This new offering makes it easier than ever for teams to procure CockroachDB on Google Cloud while managing costs through their existing Google Cloud billing account.

Ayushi Jain

December 12, 2024

Operational resilience matters 24/7/365. Heading into the holidays, IT professionals rate outage prevention as an extra-high priority. So it was no surprise to see continued media interest in Cockroach Labs’ recently released survey, "The State of Resilience 2025: Confronting Outages, Downtime, and Organizational Readiness.”

David Weiss

December 11, 2024

Legacy mainframe systems have long been the backbone of critical finance, healthcare, and government operations. However, as technology evolves, these aging systems often become costly to maintain, challenging to integrate with modern applications, and inefficient in meeting today’s digital demands. Migrating mainframe databases and applications to modern platforms is increasingly seen as a strategic imperative, offering enhanced scalability, flexibility, and cost savings.

Amine El Kouhen, Ph.D.

December 9, 2024

With CockroachDB release 24.3 we are introducing write-ahead log (WAL) failover, a solution for transient disk stalls commonly seen in cloud storage. During a disk stall, the underlying storage is not available, adding application latency. While we can’t prevent disk stalls, WAL failover helps minimize their impact on CockroachDB instances.

David Bressler

December 6, 2024

The final installment of RoachFest 2024 was in New York City – home not only to the Cockroach Labs headquarters, but also to countless restaurants, small food businesses, and delicious eats. So it was only fitting that we welcomed City Storage Systems (CSS) to RoachFest New York to highlight how they are disrupting the restaurant industry.

Becca Weng

December 5, 2024

Cockroach Labs is thrilled to announce that we have been named a finalist for the AWS Industry Partner of the Year - Travel and Hospitality - NAMER. This recognition highlights our commitment to providing innovative solutions and services that drive modernization and efficiency.

Becca Weng

December 3, 2024

One of the reasons we love hosting RoachFest, our global event series for data professionals, is that it brings together a community focused on operational resilience and performance at scale.

Becca Weng

December 2, 2024