The Importance of Strong Consistency: CockroachDB vs Amazon Aurora

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In this episode of The Importance of Strong Consistency, our host Rob Reid compares CockroachDB with Amazon Aurora. He demonstrates the ways that Aurora is eventually consistent and CockroachDB is strongly consistent. Which makes each a good fit for different kinds of workloads. For a deeper comparison consider this page: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/compare/amazon-aurora-vs-cockroachdb/ 00:00 The challenges of eventual consistency 00:18 CockroachDB vs AWS Aurora 00:32 Comparing the consistency of CockroachDB and AWS Aurora 2:35 AWS Aurora is eventually consistent #cockroachdb #distributedsql #AmazonAurora #aurora