Asymmetric (Follow-the-Sun) Workloads in CockroachDB Cloud

What if you could run one global database without having to worry about resourcing for each region?

If you're planning on self-hosting a multi-region CockroachDB cluster, you will need to know how many nodes you need in each region. In our Standard Tier in CockroachDB Cloud, you can choose a specific number of vCPUs to use across the entire cluster. To get started with CockroachDB Cloud for free, visit https://cockroa.ch/3DVXbwF

For example, if one region is busier than another at any given time, it will receive more vCPUs. As usage patterns shift across the cluster and regions change throughout the day, so will the distribution of vCPUs.

To show you how Asymmetric Workloads in CockroachDB Cloud work, join Cockroach Labs Technical Evangelist Rob Reid as he brings explanations, diagrams, and demos with a financial services use case to this video.

00:00 Why asymmetric workloads?
00:42 A visual explanation
02:26 Creating a multi-region CockroachDB cluster
02:43 The global CockroachDB load balancer
03:04 Setting the default db's primary region
03:27 What do asymmetric workloads look like?
03:55 How to view data in the CockroachDB console
05:42 Why we recommend the Standard tier for most production workloads

About Cockroach Labs:
Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.

About the CockroachDB Cloud platform:
The CockroachDB Cloud platform dramatically simplifies database operations so you can build and run more resilient applications. The Standard Tier in CockroachDB supports a range of production workloads with enterprise-level security.