Also worth mentioning is the excellent talk[0] given by Tobias Schottdorf at FOSDEM 2015 about the high-level design and impetus behind CockroachDB. [0]: https

Also worth mentioning is the excellent talk[0] given by Tobias Schottdorf at FOSDEM 2015 about the high-level design and impetus behind CockroachDB. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndKj77VW2eM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndKj77VW2eM