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Distributed SQL Sovereignty

  • The limitations of global SQL within closed platforms like Spanner and Aurora Global.
  • Understanding CockroachDB architecture: Raft ranges, leaseholders, and MVCC.
  • Achieving horizontal scaling without reliance on shared storage.

Cluster Deployment

  • Constructing 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 Tuning

  • Supported SQL features and compatibility limits compared to PostgreSQL.
  • Navigating the cost-based optimizer and interpreting execution plans.
  • Leveraging indexes, composite keys, and inverted indexes for JSON data and arrays.

Multi-Region Configuration

  • Configuring region and locality settings to control data placement.
  • Comparing 'follow-the-workload' strategies against 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 buckets.
  • Utilizing incremental backups and point-in-time recovery capabilities.
  • Implementing Changefeeds for streaming to Kafka or webhooks.

Security and Compliance

  • Enforcing TLS everywhere, covering node-to-node and client-to-node communications.
  • Implementing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and row-level security.
  • Conducting audit logging and generating compliance reports.

Integration Patterns

  • Connecting ORM frameworks such as SQLAlchemy, Prisma, and GORM.
  • Strategies for migrating from PostgreSQL using available tooling.
  • Integrating Kubernetes sidecars and service mesh architectures.

Requirements

  • Proficient skills in SQL and relational database administration.
  • Solid understanding of distributed consensus mechanisms, specifically Raft.
  • Familiarity with Go tooling and Docker is beneficial.

Audience

  • Senior database architects designing sovereign data layers.
  • Teams looking to migrate from Spanner, Aurora Global, or Cosmos DB.
  • Financial and healthcare organizations requiring robust consistency guarantees.
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