How Storj uses CockroachDB to do the impossible with global cloud storage | RoachFest 2023

Storj is a global, decentralized cloud object storage platform. Like an Uber for hard drives or AirBnB for data storage, we need a place to keep track of everything, and for that, the Storj team has been using CockroachDB. This talk from RoachFest 2023 provides an experience report of what Storj does, how Storj uses CockroachDB, and the many ways CockroachDB has saved their bacon.

How Storj uses CockroachDB to do the impossible with global cloud storage | RoachFest 2023
00:00 Welcome and Introduction
00:30 Doing the impossible???
01:46 How does Storj work?
03:01 Why Storj object storage is fundamentally different
04:13 The three key elements of Storj (Nodes, Applications, and Satellites)
05:23 How Storj keeps their distributed data durable and available
06:09 Storj demo: Seeing where files are stored in real time
07:27 Why horizontal scalability, performance, and strong consistency were essential for Storj
08:28 Why Storj chose CockroachDB for their metadata orchestrator
09:09 CockroachDB vs Postgres, Citus, Cassandra, Spanner, Yugabyte, and TiDB
10:50 CockroachDB success story: Working with the Cockroach Labs team
11:39 CockroachDB success story: Using time travel queries
13:02 Storj and CockroachDB: The numbers
14:33 Doing the impossible with CockroachDB
15:54 Why CockroachDB exceeded Storj's goals / final thoughts