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December 7, 2022
PostgreSQL 14 Internals Book
There is an interesting project by the folks at PostgresPro that is translating Egor Rogov’s PostgreSQL 14 Internals into English. [...]
December 2, 2022
New WAL Archive Module/Library in PostgreSQL 15
PostgreSQL traditionally uses shell commands to achieve continuous WAL archiving, which is essential for backups and stable standby replication. In [...]
November 15, 2022
pgBackRest Restoration Scenarios
In one of our previous posts—pgBackRest: A Great Backup Solution and a Wonderful Year of Growth—we discussed the installation of [...]
November 9, 2022
Securing Patroni REST API End Points Part 2: Using SSL Certificates
In the first part of the article, we discussed how to achieve minimum security by adding a username and password [...]
November 4, 2022
PostgreSQL: Are All NULLs the Same?
I was recently reading the PostgreSQL 15 release notes and stopped at “Allow unique constraints and indexes to treat NULL [...]
November 2, 2022
First PostgreSQL Conference Ever: What You’ve Missed at PGConf.EU 2022
I just became part of the PostgreSQL ecosystem and was really curious to get in touch with the community. What [...]
November 1, 2022
Securing Patroni REST API End Points – Part 1
In recent years, Patroni emerged as the number one HA framework for PostgreSQL, currently with 5K stars in its git [...]
October 11, 2022
Don’t Forget to Tune Stats Collector for PostgreSQL 14 and Older
Recently I blogged about a significant improvement in PostgreSQL 15: PostgreSQL 15: Stats Collector Gone? What’s New? While there is great [...]
October 6, 2022
PostgreSQL 15 – New Features to Be Excited About
After four beta releases and one Release Candidate, the RC2 for PostgreSQL 15 was announced earlier today. If all goes [...]
September 23, 2022
Keep Your Data Safe with Percona
September was and is an extremely fruitful month (especially for the black-hat hackers) for news about data leaks and breaches: [...]
September 13, 2022
PostgreSQL for MySQL DBAs Episode 11: A Survey of Indexes
First, a big thanks for the kind responses to this series, and, as requested, here is an overview of index [...]
September 13, 2022
Working With Snapshots in PostgreSQL
One of the reasons I’ve never strayed far from PostgreSQL is that I am always discovering features that overcome all [...]
September 2, 2022
Working With PostgreSQL Dump Manifests
After working with PostgreSQL for so many years it’s sometimes surprising to see some of the utilities, to a certain [...]
August 29, 2022
PostgreSQL for MySQL DBAs: Watch Command
Those new to the realm of PostgreSQL from other databases will find little gems sprinkled liberally through the software. One [...]
August 26, 2022
PostgreSQL 15: Stats Collector Gone? What’s New?
Anyone trying the upcoming PostgreSQL 15 might observe that one of the background processes is missing. [crayon-690818b1ee8b5208567406/] if we compare [...]
August 18, 2022
PostgreSQL For MySQL DBAs Episode 9: References
Thank you for the many kind responses to this series. There are many out there who have MySQL experience and [...]
August 5, 2022
An Illustration of PostgreSQL Bloat
I have been working with Postgres now for many years, most recently as a consultant at Percona for companies with [...]
August 4, 2022
Introducing Performance Improvement of Window Functions in PostgreSQL 15
When working with databases, there are always some projects oriented to performing analytics and reporting tasks over the information stored [...]
July 28, 2022
PostgreSQL for MySQL DBAs Episode 8: Materialized Views
Episode 8 in the PostgreSQL for MySQL DBAs series covers materialized views. MySQL has had views for many years and [...]
July 18, 2022
PostgreSQL for MySQL DBAs Episode 7: Vacuuming Tables
Experienced MySQL DBAs exploring PostgreSQL are often shocked to learn that they will need to vacuum their tables. This is [...]