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The Road to Multi Active Replication | How to achieve low RPO and RTO

2025-03-03

Demos & Tutorials Resilience in CockroachDB

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When it comes to databases, the mindset around Disaster Recovery is undeniably prolific. Zero RPO with minimal RTO measured in seconds seemed unrealistic not too long ago, but today this is possible thanks to CockroachDB. Join our Technical Evangelist Rob Reid as he dives into the world of Disaster Recovery (DR) as he dives into: - What the road to multi-active replication and CockroachDB may look like - Disaster recovery vs disaster prevention - Running multiple CockroachDB nodes in a single data center - Running CockroachDB across two data centers - Running CockroachDB in three data centers or the cloud - RPO vs RTO - How to survive regional outages The Road to Multi Active Replication | How to achieve low RPO and RTO 00:00 How prolific is disaster recovery 01:15 Behind the demo 02:37 Running multiple CockroachDB nodes in a single data center 03:50 How to configure a standby cluster 04:55 Using CockroachDB with two data centers 06:17 How to use the CockroachDB console 07:29 Using CockroachDB with three data centers 08:52 What does a multi-active cluster look like? 10:48 CockroachDB vs a monolithic database Further resources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4EgIU8_f5U A brief history of high availability: https://cockroa.ch/41wbSjj 2DC Support with Cross-Cluster Replication: https://cockroa.ch/41wVSgX 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.