The performance of a PostgreSQL database can be compromised by dead tuples, since they continue to occupy space and can lead to bloat. We provided an introduction to VACUUM and bloat in an earlier blog post. Now, though, it’s time to look at autovacuum for postgres, and the internals you to know to maintain a […]
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Implementation of MVCC (Multi-Version Concurrency Control) in PostgreSQL is different and special when compared with other RDBMS. MVCC in PostgreSQL controls which tuples can be visible to transactions via versioning. What is versioning in PostgreSQL? Let’s consider the case of an Oracle or a MySQL Database. What happens when you perform a DELETE or an […]
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The need to recover a database back to a certain point in time can be a nerve-racking task for DBAs and for businesses. Can this be simplified? Could it be made to work faster? Can we recover to a given point in time with zero loss of transactions/records? Fortunately, the answer to these questions is […]
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Percona has a long tradition of performance investigation and benchmarking. Peter Zaitsev, CEO and Vadim Tkachenko, CTO, led their crew into a series of experiments with MySQL in this space. The discussion that always follows on the results achieved is well known and praised even by the PostgreSQL community. So when Avi joined the team […]
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