Scaling Databases in the Cloud: A Shared-Nothing Architecture Built for Failure
Conference·P99CONF (Virtual)
Join PlanetScale CTO Nick Van Wiggeren at P99CONF for an in-depth discussion on scaling databases in the cloud with a shared-nothing architecture designed to expect and handle failure.
This talk will explore how PlanetScale delivers low-latency, high-throughput database systems that span multiple nodes, availability zones, and regions while maintaining sub-millisecond response times.
Key topics covered:
- Shared-nothing architecture principles - Building systems that expect failure as the default
- Storage layer optimization - The foundation for high-performance distributed databases
- Multi-region scaling strategies - Spanning availability zones and regions efficiently
- Load balancer micro-optimizations - Every millisecond counts in high-performance systems
- Real-world learnings - Lessons learned at every step of building scalable database infrastructure
Nick will share the engineering insights and architectural decisions that enable PlanetScale to maintain exceptional performance across distributed infrastructure.
- Date: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2025
- Time: 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
- Location: Virtual (Stage 1)
- Speaker: Nick Van Wiggeren, CTO, PlanetScale