The design of CockroachDB
CockroachDB is a distributed SQL database. The primary design goals are scalability, strong consistency and survivability (hence the name). CockroachDB aims to tolerate disk, machine, rack, and even datacenter failures with minimal latency disruption and no manual intervention. CockroachDB nodes are symmetric; a design goal is homogeneous deployment (one binary) with minimal configuration and no required external dependencies. » Spencer Kimball | github.com