Comparing Latency: CockroachDB vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQL

Description

How does CockroachDB and AlloyDB for PostgreSQL compare when it comes to latency? In this series, Cockroach Labs Technical Evangelist Rob Reid compares read and write latencies in distributed SQL database CockroachDB to the many available cloud service provider databases on the market. 📖 Recommended additional reading: ✔️ Synchronous and asynchronous database replication explained (& how data gets lost) https://cockroa.ch/3Sfk4Am ✔️ CockroachDB's multi-region capabilities (Including how to understand primary and secondary regions and our topology patterns) https://cockroa.ch/3QtS9v8 00:00 Results: Amazon Aurora, Azure Cosmos DB, Google Cloud Spanner, and CockroachDB 00:51 Setting up the test: CockroachDB vs AlloyDB for PostgreSQL 01:43 What this looks like from an architectural perspective 02:31 Launching the fly.io application / starting the test (EU user) 02:53 (EU user) Monitoring latency via fly.io 03:56 Launching the fly.io application / starting the test (EU user) 04:40 (US user) Monitoring latency via fly.io 05:34 Closing notes