diff --git a/Jenkinsfile.public b/Jenkinsfile.public
index c3b98686a..9901357df 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile.public
+++ b/Jenkinsfile.public
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ pipeline {
                 sh 'cockroach start-single-node --insecure --store=type=mem,size=2GiB --listen-addr=localhost:26257 --http-addr=localhost:8087 --cache 512MiB --max-sql-memory 512MiB --background'
                 sh 'cockroach start-single-node --insecure --store=type=mem,size=2GiB --listen-addr=localhost:26258 --http-addr=localhost:8088 --cache 512MiB --max-sql-memory 512MiB --background'
                 sh 'cockroach start-single-node --insecure --store=type=mem,size=2GiB --listen-addr=localhost:26259 --http-addr=localhost:8089 --cache 512MiB --max-sql-memory 512MiB --background'
+                sh 'cockroach start-single-node --insecure --store=type=mem,size=2GiB --listen-addr=localhost:26260 --http-addr=localhost:8090 --cache 256MiB --max-sql-memory 256MiB --background'
             }
         }
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ pipeline {
                             'cockroach://root@localhost:26257/testcockroach?sslmode=disable;' +
                             'cockroach://root@localhost:26258/testcockroach?sslmode=disable;' +
                             'cockroach://root@localhost:26259/testcockroach?sslmode=disable'
+                        STORJ_TEST_COCKROACH_ALT = 'cockroach://root@localhost:26260/testcockroach?sslmode=disable'
                         STORJ_TEST_POSTGRES = 'postgres://postgres@localhost/teststorj?sslmode=disable'
                         COVERFLAGS = "${ env.BRANCH_NAME != 'master' ? '' : '-coverprofile=.build/coverprofile -coverpkg=storj.io/storj/private/...,storj.io/storj/pkg/...,storj.io/storj/satellite/...,storj.io/storj/storage/...,storj.io/storj/storagenode/...,storj.io/storj/versioncontrol/...'}"
                     }
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ pipeline {
                         sh 'cockroach sql --insecure --host=localhost:26257 -e \'create database testcockroach;\''
                         sh 'cockroach sql --insecure --host=localhost:26258 -e \'create database testcockroach;\''
                         sh 'cockroach sql --insecure --host=localhost:26259 -e \'create database testcockroach;\''
+                        sh 'cockroach sql --insecure --host=localhost:26260 -e \'create database testcockroach;\''
 
                         sh 'psql -U postgres -c \'create database teststorj;\''
                         sh 'use-ports -from 1024 -to 10000 &'
diff --git a/private/dbutil/pgtest/flag.go b/private/dbutil/pgtest/flag.go
index 0acf9a8d3..1bad69530 100644
--- a/private/dbutil/pgtest/flag.go
+++ b/private/dbutil/pgtest/flag.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ var postgres = flag.String("postgres-test-db", getenv("STORJ_TEST_POSTGRES", "ST
 
 // cockroach is the test database connection string for CockroachDB.
 var cockroach = flag.String("cockroach-test-db", getenv("STORJ_TEST_COCKROACH", "STORJ_COCKROACH_TEST"), "CockroachDB test database connection string (semicolon delimited for multiple), \"omit\" is used to omit the tests from output")
+var cockroachAlt = flag.String("cockroach-test-alt-db", getenv("STORJ_TEST_COCKROACH_ALT"), "CockroachDB test database connection alternate string (semicolon delimited for multiple), \"omit\" is used to omit the tests from output")
 
 // DefaultPostgres is expected to work under the storj-test docker-compose instance.
 const DefaultPostgres = "postgres://storj:storj-pass@test-postgres/teststorj?sslmode=disable"
@@ -92,6 +93,20 @@ func PickCockroach(t TB) string {
 	return pickRandom(*cockroach)
 }
 
+// PickCockroachAlt picks an alternate cockroach database from flag.
+//
+// This is used for high-load tests to ensure that other tests do not timeout.
+func PickCockroachAlt(t TB) string {
+	if *cockroachAlt == "" {
+		return PickCockroach(t)
+	}
+	if strings.EqualFold(*cockroachAlt, "omit") {
+		t.Skip("Cockroach alt flag omitted.")
+	}
+
+	return pickRandom(*cockroachAlt)
+}
+
 func pickRandom(dbstr string) string {
 	values := strings.Split(dbstr, ";")
 	if len(values) <= 1 {
diff --git a/satellite/satellitedb/migrate_test.go b/satellite/satellitedb/migrate_test.go
index 64bfa0db6..a0ec0f4b9 100644
--- a/satellite/satellitedb/migrate_test.go
+++ b/satellite/satellitedb/migrate_test.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func loadSchemaFromSQL(ctx context.Context, connstr, script string) (_ *dbschema
 }
 
 func TestMigratePostgres(t *testing.T)  { migrateTest(t, pgtest.PickPostgres(t)) }
-func TestMigrateCockroach(t *testing.T) { migrateTest(t, pgtest.PickCockroach(t)) }
+func TestMigrateCockroach(t *testing.T) { migrateTest(t, pgtest.PickCockroachAlt(t)) }
 
 // satelliteDB provides access to certain methods on a *satellitedb.satelliteDB
 // instance, since that type is not exported.