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Geo-redundancy of PostgreSQL database backups with Barman

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

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Sequential UUID Generators

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UUIDs are a popular identifier data type – they are unpredictable, and/or globally unique (or at least very unlikely to collide) and quite easy to generate. Traditional primary keys based on sequences won’t give you any of that, which makes them unsuitable for public identifiers, and UUIDs solve that pretty naturally. But there are disadvantages […]

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OmniDB debugger for PostgreSQL 11

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PostgreSQL 11 was released recently, with exciting new features. One of them is the ability to write SQL procedures that can perform full transaction management, enabling developers to create more advanced server-side applications. SQL procedures can be created using the CREATE PROCEDURE command and executed using the CALL command. Since OmniDB 2.3.0 it is possible […]

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Prague PostgreSQL Meetup

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Last month, I was at 2ndQuadrant booth at P2D2, an annual conference organized in Prague by local user group called CSPUG (Czech and Slovak PostgreSQL User Group). The conference was certainly a huge success and more than 200 people showed up! Meeting a lot of PostgreSQL enthusiasts in town, I wondered why there are no regular meetups […]

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PostgreSQL Meltdown Benchmarks

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Two serious security vulnerabilities (code named Meltdown and Spectre) were revealed a couple of weeks ago. Initial tests suggested the performance impact of mitigations (added in the kernel) might be up to ~30% for some workloads, depending on the syscall rate. Those early estimates had to be done quickly, and so were based on limited […]

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Webinar: Introduction to JSON data types in PostgreSQL [Follow Up]

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On 12-Dec-2017, 2ndQuadrant held the first in a series of PostgreSQL webinars. The session was conducted by Andrew Dunstan, Principal Contributor of JSON functionality to PostgreSQL and Senior Developer & PostgreSQL Committer at 2ndQuadrant. As promised, the recording of the Webinar is now available. Those who couldn’t make it to the live session, can now view Introduction […]

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Kanban & devops culture at 2ndQuadrant – Part 3

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In Part 3 of this series (here are Part 1 and Part 2), I would like to demonstrate how the development of a new feature for Barman would flow through the Kanban board.

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Barman 2.2 and the magic of parallel copy

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

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Kanban & devops culture at 2ndQuadrant – Part 2

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In Part 2 of this series, we will continue our journey within the developmental dynamics of the Barman open source project for PostgreSQL database backup and disaster recovery. After providing a small introduction to devops and Kanban in Part 1, let’s focus on the basic element of our daily management: The Boards.

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Kanban & devops culture at 2ndQuadrant – Part 1

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We very often hear about devops culture, lean and agile methodologies, kanban, pair programming, peer review, testing, and many more; but how many of us could effectively put these things into practice?

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