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April 2, 2025
What is PostgreSQL? Key Features, Benefits, and Real-World Uses
This blog was first authored by Pete Scott in 2023. We’ve updated it in 2025 for clarity and relevance, reflecting [...]
April 1, 2025
Choosing the Right Storage for PostgreSQL on Kubernetes: A Benchmark Analysis
You know that moment when your team finally decides to move your PostgreSQL databases to Kubernetes? Everyone’s excited about the [...]
April 1, 2025
PostgreSQL Security: A Comprehensive Guide to Hardening Your Database
This blog was first authored by Ibrar Ahmed in 2021. We’ve updated it in 2025 for clarity and relevance, reflecting [...]
April 1, 2025
PostgreSQL Performance Tuning Guide: Settings That Make a Difference
This blog was first authored by Ibrar Ahmed in 2018. We’ve updated it in 2025 for clarity and relevance, reflecting [...]
March 28, 2025
Transparent Data Encryption for PostgreSQL Release Candidate is Here!
PostgreSQL is, without a doubt, one of the most popular open source databases in the world. Why? Well, there are [...]
March 24, 2025
Reducing PostgreSQL Costs in the Cloud
This post was originally published in March 2023 and was updated in March 2025. If you’re using PostgreSQL in the [...]
March 18, 2025
Migrating from MySQL to PostgreSQL Using pgloader: A Practical Guide
This post was originally published in December 2023 and was updated in March 2025. These days, there’s significant industry interest [...]
March 13, 2025
Using Barman Cloud Utilities for Backups and WAL Archiving in PostgreSQL
In this brief blog post, we will talk about Barman cloud utilities, which greatly ease the process of storing backups [...]
March 12, 2025
HAProxy-Patroni Setup Using Health Check Endpoints and Debugging
Patroni has a REST API that allows HAProxy and other kinds of load balancers to perform HTTP health checks. This [...]
March 7, 2025
Achieving PostgreSQL High Availability: Strategies and Setup Guide
This post was originally published in July 2023 and updated in March 2025. With the average cost of unplanned downtime [...]
March 1, 2025
PostgreSQL Backup Strategies for Enterprise-Grade Environments
This blog was originally written in September 2018 and was updated in March 2025. In this post, we cover the [...]
March 1, 2025
Essential Guide to the PostgreSQL VACUUM Command for Performance
This blog post was originally published in January 2023 and was updated in March 2025. In PostgreSQL, the VACUUM command [...]
March 1, 2025
Why Enterprises are Choosing PostgreSQL (And What They Wish They Knew Sooner)
This post was originally written in March 2023 and was updated in March 2025. You know that feeling when your [...]
February 27, 2025
PostgreSQL Upgrade Using pg_dump/pg_restore: A Step-by-Step Guide
This post was originally published in March 2019 and was updated in February 2025. Planning a PostgreSQL upgrade but not [...]
February 7, 2025
Encrypt PostgreSQL Data at Rest on Kubernetes
The upcoming Percona Operator for PostgreSQL v2.6.0 release introduces support for PostgreSQL 17, which opens exciting possibilities for data security. [...]
January 22, 2025
PostgreSQL Database Security Best Practices
Data security threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated, creating real challenges for organizations using PostgreSQL databases. While PostgreSQL is known for [...]
January 14, 2025
What Hurts in PostgreSQL Part One: Temporary Tables
PostgreSQL is one of the most powerful database systems in the world. I have always been passionate about its great [...]
January 13, 2025
PostgreSQL vs. the Cloud for GenAI? 4 Things to Consider
Originally published on The New Stack. Cloud-related regulatory, security and financial issues prompt many to weigh the benefits of building GenAI [...]
January 11, 2025
Effective PostgreSQL Monitoring: Key Metrics and Tools
Maybe queries that used to finish in milliseconds are now taking seconds. Perhaps your application is timing out during peak [...]
January 9, 2025
Your Data’s Not Safe Until It’s TDE-Safe — Here’s How
If you’re managing a PostgreSQL database and handling sensitive data or PII, the answer is simple: You need data-at-rest encryption. [...]