Due to the immense generation of data, scalability has become one of the hottest topics in the field of databases. Scalability can be achieved horizontally or vertically. Vertical scalability means adding more resources/hardware to existing nodes to enhance the capability of the database to store and process more data, for example, adding a new […]
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Sometimes PostgreSQL users get errors and warnings and they are unable to understand why. To cater to these situations, this blog will cover some common errors and warnings in PostgreSQL. In some cases, it is a user setting problem or query error, but in other cases, it can be a PostgreSQL bug. But, it […]
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Security, when done right, not only protects your data but improves performance, system stability, and enhances the development life-cycle. Because PostgreSQL security can easily become an all-encompassing activity, we’ll deal with the most common mechanisms.
Three files control security in the postgres data cluster but for our purposes, we’ll deal only with postgresql.conf and pg_hba.conf, […]
Taking our cue from Peter Zaitsev’s article on MySQL Performance Bottlenecks, I’m going to talk a little about the PostgreSQL perspective of removing bottlenecks caused by high traffic.
Many stacks these days are implemented by trusting the Object Relational Mapper, ORM, to do the right thing with PostgreSQL while one creates critical business logic on […]
Missing Piece: Failover of the Logical Replication Slot
Logical decoding capability has existed in PostgreSQL for the last several versions, and a lot more functionalities are added over time. However, one of the very crucial functionalities is still missing in PostgreSQL, which prevents logical replication to be part of critical production environments where downstream expects […]
