Why modernize with CockroachDB?

Agility and flexibility

Build on a cloud-native infrastructure to quickly adapt to market changes and customer requests 

Time and money

Reduce operational and capital expenses associated with mainframe hardware and specialized personnel 

Scale and resilience

Achieve automated, horizontal scale (up and down) with enhanced disaster recovery capabilities

Global scale, access, and efficiency of the cloud

CockroachDB is a cloud-native, distributed SQL database that’s built to support modern application development in the cloud while delivering a secure and reliable environment that you can trust with your critical workloads. 

Mainframe

Distributed SQL

Architecture Monolithic design Supports microservices and modular design
Infrastructure Proprietary hardware, on-premise Cloud-based platform, on–premise or hybrid
Processing type Batch processing oriented, tools available to stream as source and sink Real-time processing
Reliability High reliability & security High reliability & security across environments (on-premise and in the cloud)
Disaster recovery Manually add data centers for redundancy Automatic resiliency across data centers (zero RPO)
Scalability Manual scale, need to plan capacity in advance Automated scale, scale up and back down as needed
Programming languages Legacy languages (e.g., COBOL, FORTRAN), Java, Python, etc. Contemporary languages (e.g. Python, Java, etc.)
Transactional consistency Serializable, guaranteed consistent Serializable, guaranteed consistent
Vendor lock-in Proprietary systems with vendor lock-in Cloud-native system, no vendor lock-in
Required skills Specialized and trained personnel Familiar with PostgreSQL
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CockroachDB for modern application development

Integrations

Build apps that integrate with modern technologies (web interfaces, mobile, IoT, AI/ML)

Data-intensive

Accommodate requirements for cloud elasticity, large data volumes, and variable processing needs

Spikes in scale

Adapt to apps experiencing variable or growing demand that benefit from a scale up/down infrastructure 

Work with our strategic partners to streamline the migration process

PwC UK, in collaboration with Cockroach Labs, offers comprehensive modernization strategies and advanced tooling to help businesses reduce operational costs, improve agility, and tackle legacy database challenges, especially as modernization initiatives regain executive focus for optimizing costs and enabling Gen-AI readiness.

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mLogica, leveraging over two decades of experience and GenAI-powered automation solutions, accelerates enterprise database modernization by seamlessly transitioning Oracle, SQL Server, and mainframe databases to CockroachDB in months instead of years, ensuring resiliency, consistency, and feature parity while reducing operational costs and improving agility.

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