Podcast Episodes

Postgres Releases, PostgreSQL Survey, Partitioning vs. Sharding, Bulk Loading | Scaling Postgres 277

Episode 277

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss new Postgres releases, taking the 2023 State of PostgreSQL survey, partitioning vs. sharding and the fastest way to do bulk loads.

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Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

BRIN & Correlation, Poor Partitioning, 10 Beginner Tips, Table & Index Usage | Scaling Postgres 276

Episode 276

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the importance of correlation with BRIN indexes, how partitioning can kill performance, 10 tips for beginners and how to track table and index usage.…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

No More Vacuum, Zero-Downtime Cut-Over, Network Impact, Not In Optimization | Scaling Postgres 275

Episode 275

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss getting rid of vacuum, how to do zero-downtime cut-overs, analyzing the impact of slow networks and seeing a not in optimization.

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Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Subquery Performance, Avoid Update Locking, Column Changes, Outage Workshop | Scaling Postgres 274

Episode 274

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss subquery performance, how to avoid excessive locking when doing updates, how to change a columns datatype without excessive locking and lessons from …

Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Debian / Ubuntu Packaging, ivfflat Indexes, In vs Any, View Logging | Scaling Postgres 273

Episode 273

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how Debian & Ubuntu package Postgres, how ifflat indexes work, in vs any performance and how to log view usage.

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Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Postgres 16 Beta 2, The Rise of Vectors, FDW Performance, Unused Indexes | Scaling Postgres 272

Episode 272

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss the release of Postgres 16 Beta 2, the rise of vectors and storing them, Foreign Data Wrapper performance and how to identify unused indexes.

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Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

30% Faster, UUID Downsides, Growing WAL, Processes vs. Threads | Scaling Postgres 271

Episode 271

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how to get 30% faster performance, the downsides of UUIDs, having too much WAL and whether Postgres should use processes or threads.

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Published on 2 years, 5 months ago

Data Skew, Monitoring, Remote Access CSV, Documentation | Scaling Postgres 270

Episode 270

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how to handle data skew, tools for Postgres monitoring, how to load data remotely and Postgres documentation.

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Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Upgrade Struggles, Hyperloglog, PgBouncer Usage, Postgres Scaling | Scaling Postgres 269

Episode 269

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss Postgres upgrade struggles, how and why to use hyperloglog, using pgbouncer for session vs. transaction pooling, and methods to scale Postgres.

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Published on 2 years, 6 months ago

Faster Copy, psql Variables, backup_label, Bad Encoding | Scaling Postgres 268

Episode 268

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss faster COPY in Postgres 16, how to use psql variables, the importance of backup_label and issues with bad character encoding.

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Published on 2 years, 6 months ago