O'Reilly: Architecting for Scale

In this O'Reilly guide written by a distributed systems expert, learn how to build apps that scale to handle unpredictable traffic with zero downtime for customers.

Managing State in Kubernetes Guide

This guide covers how to deploy a stateful application with CockroachDB using Kubernetes StatefulSets

O'Reilly: Kubernetes Best Practices

In this O'Reilly guide, four Kubernetes pros guide you through the process of building applications with this container orchestration system.

The True Cost of a Cloud Database

A framework for evaluating the true cost of a cloud database, from hardware and software to hidden management costs and beyond.

Dzone | Multi-Region Database Deployments

Patterns and Anti-Patterns to Minimize Latencies and Eliminate Downtime. Learn how to eliminate outages and minimize transactional latency by placing data physically close to end users.

451 Research | Distributed SQL Database Provider Cockroach Labs is Thriving

451 Research | Ten Years of NewSQL: Back to the Future of Distributed Relational Database

O'Reilly's Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Study Guide

The O'Reilly Certified Kubernetes Application Developer study guide goes in-depth on the topics you need to pass the CKAD exam. This two-chapter excerpt includes sample exercises.

CockroachCloud Evaluation Guide

This 4-step guide provides an overview of CockroachCloud and a basic approach for evaluation of the database. It is intended to help you to focus your time on the criteria that’s important to you.

Database Considerations for Modern Retail | CockroachDB

Modern retailers must adapt to new challenges. These include supply chain management; customer interactions & last-mile logistics; and the competition for convenience.

Tech Brief | CockroachDB & High Availability

CockroachDB is a highly available database that delivers five 9s high availability for any application, whether it is deployed on a single rack, across a data center, or even spanning regions.

How Financial Services and Banks Can Migrate to the Cloud | Cockroach Labs

Banks are trying to be competitive and remain relevant by modernizing operations and leveraging the same technologies as the aggressive fintech startups. What is required for a move to the cloud?

Kubernetes and the Enterprise

There have been meaningful new developments in Kubernetes and container management strategy. In this guide you'll find research articles about cluster management, deployment strategy and much more.

CockroachDB for Financial Services

Global banks, financial institutions, and fintech companies trust CockroachDB with their critical, transaction-heavy workloads.

Dzone Trend Report: The Database Evolution: SQL or NoSQL in the Age of Big Data

In this Trend Report, Dzone surveyed developers and IT organizations to understand how they have adapted their SQL and NoSQL database strategies to extract the most value from their big data.

SIGMOD 2020 | CockroachDB: The Resilient Geo-Distributed SQL Database

White Paper | "CockroachDB: The Resilient Geo-Distributed SQL Database" (SIGMOD 2020) codifies five years of research at Cockroach Labs.

Getting Started With Kubernetes

This Kubernetes guide is an excellent resource for learning the key concepts and architecture of Kubernetes as well as how to begin using Kubernetes to manage containerized applications.

DZone Refcard: Kubernetes-Native Database Essentials

GigaOm Radar Report for Cloud Database Platforms