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PostgreSQL VACUUM and ANALYZE Best Practice Tips

VACUUM and ANALYZE are the two most important PostgreSQL database maintenance operations. A vacuum is used for recovering space occupied by “dead tuples” in a table. A dead tuple is created when a record is either deleted or updated (a delete followed by an insert). PostgreSQL doesn’t physically remove the old row from the table […]

7 Best Practice Tips for PostgreSQL Bulk Data Loading

September 15, 2020/3 Comments/in PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL 13, Sadeq's PlanetPostgreSQL /by 2ndQuadrant Press

Sometimes, PostgreSQL databases need to import large quantities of data in a single or a minimal number of steps. This process can be sometimes unacceptably slow. In this article, we will cover some best practice tips for bulk importing data into PostgreSQL databases.

How to Get the Best Out of PostgreSQL Logs

September 3, 2020/3 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL 13, Sadeq's PlanetPostgreSQL /by 2ndQuadrant Press

Learn how to effectively configure PostgreSQL log management for troubleshooting performance problems.

How to Monitor PostgreSQL 12 Performance with OmniDB – Part 2

July 21, 2020/0 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, PostgreSQL, Sadeq's PlanetPostgreSQL, Technology /by 2ndQuadrant Press

In a previous article of this series, we created a two-node PostgreSQL 12 cluster in the AWS cloud. We also installed and configured 2ndQuadrant OmniDB in a third node. The image below shows the architecture: We could connect to both the primary and the standby node from OmniDB’s web-based user interface. We then restored a […]

How to Monitor PostgreSQL 12 Performance with OmniDB – Part 1

June 25, 2020/0 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, OmniDB, PostgreSQL, Sadeq's PlanetPostgreSQL /by 2ndQuadrant Press

OmniDB is an open-source, graphical database management tool developed by 2ndQuadrant, a world-leader in PostgreSQL technologies and services. OmniDB is a browser-based, universal client tool that can manage major database engines like PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL, and Oracle. Other soon-to-be-supported engines include SQLite, Firebird, MS SQL Server, and IBM DB2. Like any excellent database client software, OmniDB […]

How to Protect Your PostgreSQL Databases from Cyberattacks with SQL Firewall

March 11, 2020/2 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, PostgreSQL, Sadeq's PlanetPostgreSQL /by 2ndQuadrant Press

In today’s world, organizations increasingly face an unprecedented level of threat of cyberattacks against their information assets. Cyberattacks can come in many forms. One such attack is called SQL injection. With SQL injection, rogue players target the backend database of any system. Usually, these systems are public-facing. Hackers try to send seemingly innocuous and regular […]

How to Automate PostgreSQL 12 Replication and Failover with repmgr – Part 2

February 11, 2020/52 Comments/in PostgreSQL, repmgr, Sadeq's PlanetPostgreSQL /by 2ndQuadrant Press

This is the second installment of a two-part series on 2ndQuadrant’s repmgr, an open-source high-availability tool for PostgreSQL. In the first part, we set up a three-node PostgreSQL 12 cluster along with a “witness” node. The cluster consisted of a primary node and two standby nodes. The cluster and the witness node were hosted in […]

How to Automate PostgreSQL 12 Replication and Failover with repmgr – Part 1

January 24, 2020/39 Comments/in PostgreSQL, repmgr, Sadeq's PlanetPostgreSQL /by 2ndQuadrant Press

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PostgreSQL VACUUM and ANALYZE Best Practice Tips

7 Best Practice Tips for PostgreSQL Bulk Data Loading

How to Get the Best Out of PostgreSQL Logs

How to Monitor PostgreSQL 12 Performance with OmniDB – Part 2

How to Monitor PostgreSQL 12 Performance with OmniDB – Part 1

How to Protect Your PostgreSQL Databases from Cyberattacks with SQL Firewall

How to Automate PostgreSQL 12 Replication and Failover with repmgr – Part 2

How to Automate PostgreSQL 12 Replication and Failover with repmgr – Part 1

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