CockroachDB (Cockroach Labs) × Netflix
CockroachDB x Netflix, from zero to 380-cluster fleet
380+ CockroachDB clusters in production
Fragmented, limited databases to a unified fleet serving all Netflix developers
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Why it works
The case study earns credibility by tracing a concrete capability gap: Netflix had Cassandra, Aurora, and DynamoDB but none could deliver strongly consistent transactions across multiple regions simultaneously, making certain applications genuinely impractical before CockroachDB. The fleet framing, growing from 0 to 100 to 380+ clusters over four years, gives the story a measurable arc rather than a single point-in-time result. The three production use cases (device management, ML orchestration, gaming) show breadth without becoming vague.
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The 'fleet growth over time' structure: anchoring the story to a cluster count that readers can track across years (0 in 2020, 100+ by 2022, 380+ today) turns an abstract platform story into a concrete, compounding proof point.
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