Scaling Postgres

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the dangers of too many tables, don't worry about extending checkpoint_timeout, a disaster recovery process, and non-repeatable sums with floating point numbers. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/424-too-many-table-danger/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss a new backup tool called pg_hardstorage by Cybertech, bottomless storage & ColdFront, monitoring checkpoints and tracking statistics. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/423-new-backup-tool/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postg...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss scaling out application writes to achieve 226K TPS, try to avoid delete, disaster recovery is a process and avoid NULL in your NOT IN. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/422-scaling-out-to-226k-tps/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss scale out Postgres projects getting more funding, getting started with Postgres 19 Beta 1 along with its top features and how to review a Postgres patch. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/421-scale-out-funding/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE tra...

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the release of Postgres 19 Beta 1, optimizing autovacuum, the release of Multigres 0.1 Alpha 1, and handling graph queries in Postgres. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit:  https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/420-postgres-19-beta-1-released/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training ca...

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/419-dynamic-duo/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance De...

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 Per...

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...

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...

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 Postgre...

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 Perfo...

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...