Scaling Postgres

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss Redis vs. Postgres, working in the hard quadrant, how Postgres optimizes joins and working with materialized views. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/170-redis-vs-postgres-hard-quadrant-optimizing-joins-materialized-views/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss only using bigint, high availability, Postgres autocommit and synchronized sequential scans. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/169-use-bigint-high-availability-autocommit-synchronized-sequential-scans/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss managing autovacuum, better JSON in Postgres 14, how to avoid redundant updates and operating system tuning. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/168-managing-autovacuum-better-json-avoiding-updates-os-tuning/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how to interpret explain analyze, the best ways to load data in bulk, how to limit rows affected by update or delete and using pg_buffercache. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/167-interpreting-explain-analyze-bulk-data-loading-limiting-update-delete-pg_buffercache/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the release of Postgres 14 Beta 1, different PG 14 improvements, choosing the best type of primary key and using composite keys. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/166-postgres-14-beta1-pg14-improvements-best-primary-keys-composite-keys/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the newest Postgres releases, implementing a data warehouse, using exclusion operators and setting up read-only users. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/165-postgres-releases-data-warehouses-exclusion-operators-read-only-users/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss selecting random rows quickly, faster distinct queries, how replication handles temp and unlogged tables and how to terminate connections. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/164-fast-random-rows-fast-distinct-queries-temp-unlogged-tables-terminating-connections/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss doing data analysis with SQL, sophisticated pgBouncer set ups, understanding how to avoid deadlocks and an intro to tuning and optimization. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/163-sql-data-analysis-pgbouncer-setup-understanding-deadlocks-tuning-optimization/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss implementing row level triggers, how to return dynamic columns using pl/pgsql, and when to use citext. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/162-custom-data-types-row-level-triggers-dynamic-plpgsql-columns-citext-usage/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss 5 years of scaling lessons, working with synchronous commit, managing connections and cleaning up BLOBs. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/161-scaling-lessons-synchronus-commit-connection-management-blob-cleanup/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss tips for using psql, stories from a Postgres 13 upgrade, exploring the role hierarchy and replica scaling considerations. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/160-psql-tips-postgres-13-upgrade-roles-hierarchy-replica-scaling/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss when to use tablespaces, setting up streaming replication, features coming in Postgres 14 and implementing security. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/159-tablespaces-streaming-replication-more-postgres-14-security/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a vacuum speed up and faster foreign tables in Postgres 14, running faster queries with union and learning about the query optimizer. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/158-vacuum-speed-up-faster-foreign-tables-fast-queries-with-union-query-optimizer/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss auto_explain's overhead, setting up a Postgres data lake, rebalancing a Citus shared database and implementing SSL authentication. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/157-auto_explain-overhead-postgres-data-lake-citus-shard-rebalance-ssl-authentication/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss Citus 10 columnar storage, using Postgres in docker containers, using notify & listen for real-time apps and tuning RHEL. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/156-columnar-storage-docker-containers-notify-listen-tuning-rhel/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss Citus 10 open source, time series performance in native Postgres, using subscripting for updates and new target_session_attrs. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/155-citus-open-source-time-series-performance-subscripting-updates-target_session_attrs/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss connection queuing, estimating connection pools size, how to do simple auditing and how to run queries using fuzzy matching. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/154-connection-queuing-connection-pool-size-simple-auditing-fuzzy-matching/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how to convert an integer primary key to a bigint, how container resistance is futile, how the optimizer uses statistics and how to set manual statistics. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/153-int-to-bigint-resistance-is-futile-optimizer-statistics-advanced-query-optimization/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss new PostgreSQL releases, reconnecting after a connection failure, Babelfish SQL Server compatibility and troubleshooting disk and memory issues. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/152-new-releases-reconnect-after-failure-babelfish-troubleshoot-disk-memory/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss cleaning up your database, function performance, 11 million IOPS and change data capture. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/151-cleaning-up-function-performance-11-million-iops-change-data-capture/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss scaling advice, a vicious cycle of WAL writes, how to improve observability and addressing database corruption. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/150-scaling-advice-vicious-cycle-improving-observability-addressing-corruption/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss tests of Postgres on ARM processors, 2021 tips & tricks, working with hierarchical structures and creating a benchmarking framework. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/149-arm-tests-tips-tricks-hierarchical-structures-benchmarking-framework/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss hash indexes, the int, float and numeric data types, features coming in Postgres 14 and data science in Postgres. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/148-hash-indexes-int-float-numeric-postgres-14-features-data-science/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss PostgreSQL as the DBMS of the year, running better data migrations, the impact of idle connections and a security implementation guild. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/147-dbms-of-the-year-better-data-migrations-idle-connection-impact-security-implementation-guide/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss setting up active-active instances with federation, the impact of memory speed, the causes of table rewrites and the Postgres shibboleth. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/146-active-active-federated-memory-speed-table-rewrite-causes-postgresql-shibboleth/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the PGMiner botnet attack, how collation changes can cause index corruption, managing your postgresql.conf and implementing custom data types. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/145-pgminer-botnet-attack-collation-index-corruption-postgresqlconf-custom-data-types/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a Mongo to Postgres migration, the best way to bulk load data, running an update vs. an upgrade and benchmarks for UUIDs. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/144-postgres-migration-bulk-data-loading-updates-vs-upgrades-uuid-benchmarks/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss Microsoft SQL server compatibility, the performance of time series DBs, DB feature casualties and how to clean up BLOBs. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/143-microsoft-sql-server-compatible-time-series-performance-feature-casualties-blob-cleanup/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss inserts vs. updates, select * performance, how to set up Debezium and methods to standardize data. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/142-insert-vs-update-select-performance-debezium-set-up-standardizing-data/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss an unattended upgrade, ARM Postgres benchmarks, how to explore new databases and PostGIS performance. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/141-unattended-upgrade-arm-benchmarks-exploration-postgis-performance/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss replication conflicts, how Postgres is governed, a pg_crash utility and tracking temporal spatial data with Mobility. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/140-replication-conflicts-postgres-governance-pg_crash-mobilitydb/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss Postgres weekly news, full-text search performance, enhancements to pg_cron and the best way to bulk load data. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/139-weekly-news-full-text-search-performance-pg_cron-bulk-data-loading/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss scaling connections, the release of TimescaleDB 2.0, how to find time-series gaps and monitoring RED & Golden signals. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/138-scaling-connections-timescaledb-time-series-gaps-red-golden-signals/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the impact of toast, zheap storage results, more Postgres 13 performance data and changes to pg_rewind. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/137-toast-impact-zheap-storage-more-performance-pg_rewind_changes/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss stat tracking, temporary tables, a new utility called pg_squeeze and an update to pg_auto_failover. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/136-stat-tracking-temporary-tables-pg_squeeze-pg_auto_failover/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss connection scalability, benchmarking Postgres performance, the community impact of an acquisition and the progress of zheap. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/135-connection-scalability-benchmarking-performance-community-impact-zheap-progress/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a company acquisition within the Postgres community, how to save terabytes of space, setting up WAL archiving and vacuum/analyze tips. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/134-community-acquisition-space-saving-terabytes-wal-archiving-vacuum-analyze-tips/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the release of Postgres 13, what is new in Postgres 13, how to debug PL/PGSQL and Postgres monitoring best practices. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/133-postgres-13-released-what-is-new-in-postgres-13-debugging-plpgsql-monitoring/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the release of Postgres 13 RC1, how to upgrade Postgres at scale, using limit with ties and understanding Heap Only Tuple (HOT) updates. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/132-postgres-13-rc1-upgrading-at-scale-with-ties-hot-updates/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss slow WAL archival, index improvements coming for Postgres 13, accessing node metrics via SQL and deciding between a join or subquery. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/131-slow-archival-index-improvements-node-metrics-join-subquery/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss external compression, vacuuming in parallel, working with JSON Aggregates and the JSON & Array datatypes. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/130-external-compression-parallel-vacuum-json-aggregates-json-arrays/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss 28 tips & tricks, Postgres 13 is lucky, autovacuum tuning and logical replication pitfalls. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/129-28-tips-lucky-13-autovacuum-tuning-logical-pitfalls/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss speeding up performance with statistics, setting synchronous_commit, updates to TLS settings and how to avoid cursors. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/128-statistics-speed-up-synchronous-commits-tls-updates-avoiding-cursors/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss recursive queries, using lateral joins, paging through a data sets efficiently and working with JSONB arrays. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/127-recursive-queries-lateral-joins-pagination-jsonb-arrays/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss BRIN pitfalls, using pg_stat_statements for troubleshooting, natural joins to detect duplicates and the geography type. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/126-brin-pitfalls-pg_stat_statement-troubleshooting-natural-join-geography-type/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss suggestions for scaling postgres, replication slots safety, implementing scram password authentication with channel binding and setting effective_cache_size. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/125-scaling-suggestions-slot-safety-scram-channel-binding-effective-cache-size/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how best to migrate to using partitions, like & ilike performance, determining the best fillfactor and the work towards in-memory tables. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/124-partition-migration-like-performance-best-fillfactor-in-memory-tables/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss working with JSONB types, calculating earth distance, utilizing dates, times & intervals and Postgres authentication. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/123-jsonb-types-earth-distance-dates-times-intervals-authentication/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss determining if Postgres is fine, generated columns vs. triggers, insert features and synchronous replication usage. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/122-postgres-is-fine-generated-columns-postgres-inserts-synchronous-replication/

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss fantastic data types, custom domain data types, improving insert performance and how to query row differences. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/121-fantastic-data-types-domain-data-types-insert-performance-row-differences/