CockroachDB introduces geo-partitioning and archival-partitioning as features to enhance data management in distributed databases, aiming to improve performance and compliance. Geo-partitioning reduces latency by keeping data close to users' locations, aligning with regulations like GDPR by controlling data domiciling, and improving user experience through reduced data travel distances. Archival-partitioning optimizes costs by moving infrequently accessed data to slower, cheaper storage, which is particularly beneficial for compliance and cost efficiency. CockroachDB differentiates itself by automatically sharding data and using a SQL planner to optimize query performance, obviating the need for manual partitioning often required in other databases. These features, coupled with CockroachDB’s automatic replication and online schema changes, are designed to streamline database management without disrupting operations, and there are plans to enhance these capabilities further to support seamless compliance and data handling.