Scaling Postgres

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?...

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 Post...

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 Dem...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a proprietary way of controlling Postgres query traffic, preserving statistics during upgrades, a DB schema migration survey and a new repack command. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/410-postgres-traffic-cop/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE tra...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how Apache Iceberg may have lead to Postgres company acquisitions, presentations on CloudNativePG & query tuning, setting up Patroni and utilizing PgBouncer. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/409-iceberg-causes-postgres-acquisitions/ Want to learn more about Postgres pe...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how open source is eating the world, mitigating plan flips, migrating from Heroku to RDS, and how work_mem is a trap. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/408-open-source-eating-the-world/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Per...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the possibility of having stable plans in Postgres 19, settings to kill disconnected or crashed clients, on conflict do select and all about Patroni. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/407-stable-plans/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training cal...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how a lock can cause data to vanish, new Postgres releases, fast replication with peerDB and pg_ash for wait sampling. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/406-lock-causes-data-to-vanish/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Perf...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss an out of cycle Postgres release, a Supabase downtime incident, optimizing top K queries and how to maintain reading efficiency. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/405-out-of-cycle-releases/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how the postmaster does not scale, new Postgres releases, data storage using PAX and a path generation strategies change. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/404-postmaster-does-not-scale/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Pe...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a potential way to mitigate retry storms or orphan DB sessions with client_connection_check_interval, checkpoint configuration, skip scans and more just use Postgres. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/403-mitigate-retry-storms/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance?...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how OpenAI's ChatGPT handles millions of queries per second, an update on PgDog, Clickhouse offers OLTP hosted Postgres and partition table source of truth. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/402-millions-of-qps/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE tr...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss searching one billion vectors on Postgres, how to bypass a vector index search, unconventional optimizations and a 40x boost to listen/notify performance. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/401-one-billion-vectors-on-postgres/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? J...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the cost of arrays, dealing with integer overflow, idle sessions causing transaction wraparound and AI or LLM index recommendations. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/400-the-cost-of-arrays/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgre...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the overhead of indexes, a Postgres year in review, an intro to row locking and table renaming issues. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/399-index-overhead/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: ht...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we examine how latency impacts performance, naughty queries, bm25 indexes and how to quickly create database clones. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/398-latency-killing-performance/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demy...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss if vacuum is lying to you with regard to index cleanup, an agentic toolkit with MCP server, indexes getting corrupted after an upgrade and $50 Planetscale Metal. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/397-vacuum-is-lying-to-you/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Joi...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss using Postgres queries in ClickHouse, faster faceted search, max_connections & migrations and different scan types. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/396-600-times-faster-analytics/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Per...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a patch that can plan joins 16 times faster, the best way to record text values, extensions via image volumes with CloudNativePG and using pg_partman vs rolling your own. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/395-16-times-faster-join-plans/ Want to learn more about Postgres per...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss my Black Friday / Cyber Monday course deal, the job security that LLMs provide, new Postgres releases and why you should hard your datbase. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/394-five-times-faster-aggregates/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE traini...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss my Black Friday / Cyber Monday course deal, the job security that LLMs provide, new Postgres releases and why you should shard your database. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/393-job-security/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Post...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss performance improvements related to skip scans, faster backup & restore, benefits of minimal indexes and more details about my upcoming course discount. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/392-100-times-faster-by-skipping/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Jo...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the issues of partition locking during planning, the problem of too much memory, the importance of a txvector column and an upcoming sale on my course. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/391-table-lock-explosion/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE tr...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how far Postgres can scale with queue and pub/sub workloads, temporal joins, IPC:SyncRep and nested partitioning. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/390-1.2-million-messages-per-second/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Perf...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss ways to optimize reading or writing, the benefits of a descending index, more information about lightweight locks and a backup public service announcement. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/389-heavy-reader-or-writer/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my F...