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Geo-redundancy of PostgreSQL database backups with Barman

February 19, 2019/0 Comments/in Gabriele's PlanetPostgreSQL /by Gabriele Bartolini

Barman 2.6 introduces support for geo-redundancy, meaning that Barman can now copy from another Barman instance, not just a PostgreSQL database.

Barman 2.2 and the magic of parallel copy

July 18, 2017/0 Comments/in Gabriele's PlanetPostgreSQL /by Gabriele Bartolini

Barman 2.2 introduces support for parallel copy, by improving performance of both backup and recovery operations in your PostgreSQL disaster recovery solution.

Barman 2.1 and the new –archive option

January 9, 2017/0 Comments/in Giulio's PlanetPostgreSQL /by Giulio Calacoci

Barman 2.1 Version 2.1 of Barman, backup and recovery manager for PostgreSQL, was released Thursday, Jan. 5. The new release, along with several bugfixes, introduces preliminary support for the upcoming PostgreSQL 10, and adds the –archive option to the switch-xlog command. switch-xlog –archive The new –archive option is especially useful when setting up a new […]

The Best Barman Ever

September 27, 2016/0 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, Featured, Gabriele's PlanetPostgreSQL /by Gabriele Bartolini

This is my (very) biased opinion, but I am ready to bet that once you try Barman 2.0 you’ll agree with me.

Evolution of Fault Tolerance in PostgreSQL: Synchronous Commit

August 17, 2016/2 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, Featured, Gulcin's PlanetPostgreSQL, PostgreSQL /by Gulcin Yildirim

PostgreSQL is an awesome project and it evolves at an amazing rate. We’ll focus on evolution of fault tolerance capabilities in PostgreSQL throughout its versions with a series of blog posts. This is the fourth post of the series and we’ll talk about synchronous commit and its effects on fault tolerance and dependability of PostgreSQL. […]

Evolution of Fault Tolerance in PostgreSQL: Time Travel

July 21, 2016/0 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, Featured, Gulcin's PlanetPostgreSQL, PostgreSQL /by Gulcin Yildirim

PostgreSQL is an awesome project and it evolves at an amazing rate. We’ll focus on evolution of fault tolerance capabilities in PostgreSQL throughout its versions with a series of blog posts. This is the third post of the series and we’ll talk about timeline issues and their effects on fault tolerance and dependability of PostgreSQL. […]

Speed up getting WAL files from Barman

July 19, 2016/0 Comments/in Featured, Gabriele's PlanetPostgreSQL /by Gabriele Bartolini

Starting from Barman 1.6.1, PostgreSQL standby servers can rely on an “infinite” basin of WAL files and finally pre-fetch batches of WAL files in parallel from Barman, speeding up the restoration process as well as making the disaster recovery solution more resilient as a whole. The master, the backup and the standby Before we start, […]

Working Together to create an Open Source World

July 15, 2016/0 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant /by Britt Cole

Last week, 2ndQuadrant‘s Gabriele Bartolini was privileged to speak at IBM Italia’s Open Innovation event in Milan, Italy. At this event, IBM highlighted the strengths of open source such as flexibility, continuous innovation, and a collaborative community. With the impact of open source growing rapidly on business decisions, members of the open source and PostgreSQL […]

Evolution of Fault Tolerance in PostgreSQL: Replication Phase

July 11, 2016/0 Comments/in 2ndQuadrant, Featured, Gulcin's PlanetPostgreSQL, PostgreSQL /by Gulcin Yildirim

PostgreSQL is an awesome project and it evolves at an amazing rate. We’ll focus on evolution of fault tolerance capabilities in PostgreSQL throughout its versions with a series of blog posts. This is the second post of the series and we’ll talk about replication and its importance on fault tolerance and dependability of PostgreSQL. If […]

Barman 1.6.1 is Released

May 23, 2016/0 Comments/in Barman, Britt's PlanetPostgreSQL, International News /by Britt Cole

2ndQuadrant is proud to announce the release of Barman version 1.6.1, a Backup and Recovery Manager for PostgreSQL.