Have an uber-big query you want to run but don't want to beat up your production cluster? Have a new idea for one of your apps but would rather test somewhere else? In this episode of SELECT STAR, learn how CockroachDB gives you the tools to setup a separate cluster and AUTOMATICALLY get updates from your primary cluster!

Want to take CockroachDB for a spin?
Check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ and get started!

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- https://youtube.com/live/squwM1_rDYA?feature=share
- https://youtube.com/live/yP-3tV0QiuM?feature=share

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About our hosts:
Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.

Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.

About Cockroach Labs:
Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.

© 2025 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Afraid of an outage? It's a real issue we must all guard against. But maybe you're not QUITE ready to upgrade to a multi-regional solution?

In this episode of SELECT STAR, learn how CockroachDB comes "batteries included" with the tools to create your own data replication strategy, letting you backup one cluster seamlessly to another cluster using its built in Logical Data Replication, and not some 3rd party bolted-on solution!

Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ and get started!

Also see 👀

• ✅ https://youtube.com/live/squwM1_rDYA?feature=share
• ✅ https://youtube.com/live/yP-3tV0QiuM?feature=share

Don't miss the podcast!

• https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/select-star-show/ - Find the SELECT STAR show on YOUR favorite podcasting platform!

About our hosts:

Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.

Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.

About Cockroach Labs:

Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.

© 2025 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

One of the biggest fears we ALL have...is watching our database get pounded in times of adversity.

In this episode of SELECT STAR, Cockroach Labs Technical Evangelist Rob Reid once again joins us. This time, to explore how Cockroach Labs TRIED to pulverize CockroachDB and turn it to dust...and ultimately FAILED!

Want to take CockroachDB for a spin? Then check out https://university.cockroachlabs.com/ and get started!

Also see 👀

• https://youtube.com/live/squwM1_rDYA?feature=share
• https://youtube.com/live/yP-3tV0QiuM?feature=share

Don't miss the podcast!

• Find the SELECT STAR show on YOUR favorite podcasting platform!

Greg L. Turnquist worked on the Spring team for over thirteen years before he joined Cockroach Labs as a technical content engineer. He was the lead developer for Spring Data JPA, Spring Web Services, and a committer to multiple Spring portfolio projects. He wrote Packt's best-selling title, Learning Spring Boot 2.0 2nd Edition, and its 3rd Edition follow-up along with many others including 12 Rules for Pro Coders. He co-founded the Nashville Java User Group in 2010 and hasn't met a query (yet) that he can't speed up.

Felipe Gutierrez, worked as Spring and RabbitMQ Advocate and Consultant for over 25+ years before joining Cockroach Labs. Worked also as Technical Instructor, developing and teaching Spring Boot, Spring Core, Spring Cloud, RabbitMQ and Cloud Foundry. He wrote Pro Spring Boot, Spring Boot Messaging and Pro Spring Cloud Data Flow for Apress. Recently the 3rd version of Pro Spring Boot for Java and Kotlin.

Cockroach Labs is a pioneering software company at the forefront of database technology, dedicated to delivering resilient and scalable database solutions to run mission-critical workloads for the world's most important businesses. With a mission to scale when others fail, Cockroach Labs is revolutionizing the way businesses manage their data with its innovative cloud native distributed SQL database, CockroachDB.

© 2025 Cockroach Labs, Inc. All Rights Reserved.