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Distributed SQL Sovereignty

  • Limitations of global SQL on closed platforms: Spanner, Aurora Global.
  • CockroachDB architecture: Raft ranges, leaseholders, and MVCC.
  • Achieving horizontal scaling without shared storage dependencies.

Cluster Deployment

  • Configuring 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 known PostgreSQL limitations.
  • Understanding the cost-based optimizer and execution plans.
  • Utilizing indexes, composite keys, and inverted indexes for JSON/arrays.

Multi-Region Configuration

  • Setting region and locality parameters for precise data placement.
  • Balancing follow-the-workload strategies against regional table configurations and survival goals.
  • Managing leaseholder placement and topology-aware routing.

Backup, Restore, and Disaster Recovery (DR)

  • Scheduling full cluster backups to cloud storage or on-premise S3.
  • Implementing incremental backups and point-in-time recovery.
  • Utilizing Changefeeds for streaming to Kafka and webhooks.

Security and Compliance

  • Enforcing TLS across the board: node-to-node and client-to-node connections.
  • Implementing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and row-level security.
  • Configuring audit logging and compliance reporting.

Integration Patterns

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

Requirements

  • Strong proficiency in SQL and relational database administration.
  • A solid conceptual understanding of distributed consensus mechanisms (Raft).
  • Familiarity with Go tooling and Docker is beneficial.

Target Audience

  • Senior database architects building sovereign data layers.
  • Teams migrating away from Spanner, Aurora Global, or Cosmos DB.
  • Financial and healthcare organizations requiring strong consistency guarantees.
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