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Postgres 19 Beta 1 Released | Scaling Postgres 420
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…
The Dynamic Duo? | Scaling Postgres 419
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…
Multigres Architecture | Scaling Postgres 418
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…
11 Security Issues | Scaling Postgres 417
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…
Zero Bloat Postgres Queue | Scaling Postgres 416
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…
pgBackRest Is Dead? | Scaling Postgres 415
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…
Repack Concurrently | Scaling Postgres 414
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…
Shard With One Command | Scaling Postgres 413
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…
Half as Fast on Linux 7 | Scaling Postgres 412
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…
Absorbing Load | Scaling Postgres 411
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…
Postgres Traffic Cop! | Scaling Postgres 410
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…
Iceberg Causes Postgres Acquisitions? | Scaling Postgres 409
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…
Open Source Eating The World | Scaling Postgres 408
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…
Stable Plans? | Scaling Postgres 407
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…
Lock Causes Data To Vanish! | Scaling Postgres 406
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…
Out of Cycle Releases | Scaling Postgres 405
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…
Postmaster Does Not Scale! | Scaling Postgres 404
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…
Mitigate Retry Storms? | Scaling Postgres 403
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…
Millions of QPS | Scaling Postgres 402
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…
One Billion Vectors On Postgres | Scaling Postgres 401
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…
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