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CockroachDB is a cloud native distributed, SQL database built on a transactional, and consistent key-value store. It scales horizontally, survives disk, machine, rack, and even datacenter failures with minimal latency disruption and no manual intervention. CockroachDB supports consistent ACID transactions and provides a familiar SQL API for structuring, manipulating, and querying data.
CockroachDB is well suited for applications that require reliable, available, and correct data, with millisecond response times, regardless of scale. It is built to automatically replicate, rebalance, and recover with minimal configuration and operational overhead. Specific use cases include:
For more information, see CockroachDB labs documentation.