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Achieving Sovereignty with Distributed SQL

  • The limitations of global SQL locked within closed platforms: Spanner and Aurora Global.
  • Understanding CockroachDB architecture: Raft ranges, leaseholders, and MVCC.
  • Horizontal scaling capabilities without shared storage dependencies.

Cluster Deployment Strategies

  • Single-region and multi-region topologies using Docker Compose.
  • Deploying Kubernetes StatefulSets with persistent volumes.
  • Best practices for security certificates and node initialization.

SQL Compatibility and Query Optimization

  • Supported SQL features and known limitations compared to PostgreSQL.
  • Utilizing the cost-based optimizer and interpreting execution plans.
  • Implementing indexes, composite keys, and inverted indexes for JSON and array data.

Multi-Region Configuration

  • Defining region and locality settings for precise data placement.
  • Strategies for following-the-workload versus regional tables and survival goals.
  • Managing leaseholder placement and implementing topology-aware routing.

Backup, Restore, and Disaster Recovery (DR)

  • Performing full cluster backups to cloud storage or on-premise S3.
  • Managing incremental backups and achieving point-in-time recovery.
  • Using Changefeeds for streaming data to Kafka and webhooks.

Security and Compliance Measures

  • Enforcing TLS across all connections: node-to-node and client-to-node.
  • Implementing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and row-level security.
  • Utilizing audit logging and generating compliance reports.

Integration Patterns

  • Connecting ORM frameworks such as SQLAlchemy, Prisma, and GORM.
  • Executing migrations from PostgreSQL using available tooling.
  • Integrating Kubernetes sidecars and service mesh components.

Requirements

  • Proficiency in SQL and relational database administration.
  • A solid conceptual understanding of distributed consensus mechanisms, specifically Raft.
  • Familiarity with Go tooling and Docker is advantageous.

Target Audience

  • Senior database architects responsible for building sovereign data layers.
  • Engineering teams looking to replace Spanner, Aurora Global, or Cosmos DB.
  • Financial and healthcare institutions requiring robust data consistency.
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