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Scaling Postgres

Creston Jamison

Learn how to get the best performance and scale your PostgreSQL database with our weekly shows. Receive the best content curated from around the web. We have a special focus on content for developers since your architecture and usage is the key to getting the most performance out of PostgreSQL.

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  • #418
    May 24 · 16 min

    Multigres Architecture | Scaling Postgres 418

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we go over the architecture of Multigres (Vitess for Postgres), pgBackRest's status, pg_flight_recorder and general SQL optimizations. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/418-multigres-architecture/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

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  • #417
    May 17 · 19 min

    11 Security Issues | Scaling Postgres 417

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss new Postgres releases that patch eleven security issues, a new pgbouncer release patching four security issues, making JSON queryable, and issues with views. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/417-eleven-security-issues/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/

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  • #416
    May 10 · 15 min

    Zero Bloat Postgres Queue | Scaling Postgres 416

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a new zero bloat Postgres queue called PgQue, maybe pgBackRest isn't dead, multixact members at 64 bits and using session variables. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/416-zero-bloat-postgres-queue/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-d

  • #415
    May 3 · 16 min

    pgBackRest Is Dead? | Scaling Postgres 415

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the notice of obsolescence for pgBackRest, the open source environment in general, queries to monitor autovacuum and pg_wait_tracer. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/415-pgbackrest-is-dead/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystif

  • #414
    April 26 · 19 min

    Repack Concurrently | Scaling Postgres 414

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss repack concurrently coming to PG 19, how to design your schema, all about hints and enforcing constraints across partitions. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/414-repack-concurrently/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

  • #413
    April 19 · 19 min

    Shard With One Command | Scaling Postgres 413

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss sharding your database with one command, more information about the Linux 7 Postgres performance regression, Xata going open source, and checkpoints and WAL storms. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/413-shard-with-one-command/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/c

  • #412
    April 12 · 15 min

    Half as Fast on Linux 7 | Scaling Postgres 412

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how Postgres may be half as fast on the new Linux 7 kernel, PostgresBench, what is missing in Postgres and WAL to distribute data. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/412-half-as-fast-on-linux-7/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demys

  • #411
    April 5 · 19 min

    Absorbing Load | Scaling Postgres 411

    In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss techniques to absorb excessive query load, BM25 text search via pg_textsearch, good & bad CTEs and plan_cache_mode. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/411-absorbing-load/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/

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