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July 31, 2019
PostgreSQL: Simple C extension Development for a Novice User (and Performance Advantages)
One of the great features of PostgreSQL is its extendability. My colleague and senior PostgreSQL developer Ibar has blogged about [...]
July 30, 2019
Using plpgsql_check to Find Compilation Errors and Profile Functions
There is always a need for profiling tools in databases for admins or developers. While it is easy to understand [...]
July 30, 2019
Parallelism in PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL is one of the finest object-relational databases, and its architecture is process-based instead of thread-based. While almost all the [...]
July 22, 2019
Automatic Index Recommendations in PostgreSQL using pg_qualstats and hypopg
In my previous blog post, we have seen how the extension hypopg can be helpful in creating hypothetical indexes in [...]
July 16, 2019
BRIN Index for PostgreSQL: Don’t Forget the Benefits
BRIN Index was introduced in PostgreSQL 9.5, but many users postponed the usage of it in their design and development [...]
July 1, 2019
Deep Dive Into PostgreSQL Indexes Webinar: Q & A
I want to thank everybody who attended my session “Deep Dive in PostgreSQL Indexes” in Austin. It was quite a [...]
June 24, 2019
Managing Multiple PostgreSQL Instances on Ubuntu/Debian
Introduction Those DBAs who are experts in one database system look for other database systems to have “similar features”. It [...]
June 21, 2019
Hypothetical Indexes in PostgreSQL
At recent conferences, we have received a curious question from users who have used Oracle in the past and are [...]
June 18, 2019
Upcoming Webinar 6/19: A Deep Dive Into PostgreSQL Indexing
Please join Percona’s Senior Software Engineer Ibrar Ahmed as he presents his talk “A Deep Dive Into PostgreSQL Indexing” on [...]
June 14, 2019
Bloom Indexes in PostgreSQL
There is a wide variety of indexes available in PostgreSQL. While most are common in almost all databases, there are [...]
May 13, 2019
PostgreSQL Minor Versions Released May 9, 2019
Usually, the PostgreSQL Community releases minor patches on the Thursday of the second week of the second month of each [...]
May 10, 2019
pgBackRest – A Great Backup Solution and a Wonderful Year of Growth
pgBackRest addresses many of the must-have features that you’ll want to look for in a PostgreSQL backup solution. I have [...]
May 9, 2019
Improving OLAP Workload Performance for PostgreSQL with ClickHouse Database
Every database management system is not optimized for every workload. Database systems are designed for specific loads, and thereby give [...]
May 1, 2019
Benchmark ClickHouse Database and clickhousedb_fdw
In this research, I wanted to see what kind of performance improvements could be gained by using a ClickHouse data [...]
April 26, 2019
Watch Webinar: Upgrading / Migrating Your Legacy PostgreSQL to Newer PostgreSQL Versions
Please join Percona’s PostgreSQL Support Technical Lead, Avinash Vallarapu and Senior Support Engineers, Fernando Laudares, Jobin Augustine and Nickolay Ihalainen [...]
April 23, 2019
Adding PostgreSQL Queries Overview Dashboards to the PMM Plugin
Following on the heels of our PostgreSQL Tuples Statistics Dashboard, here’s another blog post describing how you can gain additional [...]
April 17, 2019
PostgreSQL CommitFest 2019-03 Ends
PostgreSQL has a very unique way to review the code submitted by developers. Most open source software uses Github pull [...]
April 16, 2019
Percona Universities in South America Next Week
There’s just one week to go before the first of this year’s Percona University events in South America. We’re really [...]
April 12, 2019
Fast Upgrade of Legacy PostgreSQL with Minimum Downtime Using pg_upgrade
When you need to upgrade your PostgreSQL databases, there are a number of options available to you. In this post [...]