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PostgreSQL

PostGIS for dummies

PostGIS for dummies – How PostGIS works?  PostGIS is an open-source extension for the PostgreSQL database management system that adds spatial functionality for working with geographic data. It allows you to store, index, and query […]

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What’s new with PostgreSQL 15?

PostgreSQL 15 new features  PostgreSQL 15, the latest version of the popular open-source relational database management system, was released on October 3rd, 2021 and it comes with several new features and improvements: Parallelized Vacuum: PostgreSQL […]

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PostgreSQL 13 Character Set Support

PostgreSQL 13 Character Set Support The character set support in PostgreSQL allows you to store text in a variety of character sets (also called encodings), including single-byte character sets such as the ISO 8859 series […]

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PostgreSQL DBA Daily Checklist

The daily checklist of a PostgreSQL DBA We often get this question, What are the most important things a PostgreSQL DBA should do to guarantee optimal performance and reliability, Do we have checklist for PostgreSQL […]

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Monitoring PostgreSQL Disk I/O Performance

Monitoring PostgreSQL Disk I/O Performance  PostgreSQL performance depends heavily on the I/O Subsystem (IOS). Latency in the IOS can result in many performance problems. For example, you may experience slow response times and problems caused […]

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Step-by-step PostgreSQL 12 Streaming Replication on Ubuntu

Step-by-step Installation and Configuration of Streaming Replication in PostgreSQL 12 In this post we have explained how to implement step-by-step PostgreSQL 12 Streaming Replication on Ubuntu 20.04 (Codename: focal). PostgreSQL support several types of replication solutions […]