How We Survived An Outage: 3 Companies Share Their Stories

1 · CockroachDB · June 3, 2021, 8:20 p.m.
Imagine this: you work in system architecture for a multibillion-dollar consumer-facing business, and it’s the middle of a busy weekend. Suddenly, your database goes down. Transactions aren’t processing. Customers are angry. Logistical issues are stacking up because inventory and warehouse tracking are down. Customer service reps are swamped, but half of the technical staff are twiddling their thumbs because they can’t do their work without a functional database. And on top of it all, the burnin...