Because a picture tells a thousand words, we compiled an infographic detailing how EDB has improved Postgres over the years. One of our most exciting developments was introducing the MERGE command this year, which makes it easier for enterprises to migrate from expensive, legacy databases to open source (version 15 of Postgres).

The EDB GlobalConnect Technology Partner Program is pleased to announce that we have certified Cohesity DataProtect for PostgreSQL as a backup and restore solution to help customers protect the data in their EDB Postgres Advanced Server databases.

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With PostgreSQL v12, “recovery.conf” is no longer valid. Even if someone were to create a recovery.conf file manually and keep it under the data directory, the server is not going to start and will throw the following error: The parameter “standby_mode =on”, which used to be the #1 parameter of the recovery.conf file has also been removed from PostgreSQL v12. Also, the “trigger_file” parameter...

If, like these executives in the survey, you want to eliminate vendor lock-in and increase scalability by moving to open source, don’t let a perceived lack of Postgres knowledge hold you back! Our fully managed Postgres in the cloud service handles database maintenance for you, so you can focus on business innovation.

With this week’s release, we’re supporting read-only workloads for high availability clusters. When you enable read-only workloads, you are given a connection string to your cluster’s standby replicas, allowing you to route read traffic to the standbys instead of the primary node.

With BigAnimal, EDB’s fully managed service offers 24x7 monitoring & operations, so you don’t have to worry about the underlying infrastructure of the database or availability. This includes automatic backups as well. We also handle the security, compliance and network configuration.

We are excited to announce the launch of Regions as a first-class construct in BigAnimal: you can now spin up a Region in advance of provisioning database clusters within that Region.

With 40 Postgres contributors, EDB has contributed extensively to the Postgres community over the years, including working on certain extensions.

The DBMS landscape is experiencing seismic changes right beneath our feet, innovators and market leaders across industries are taking notice. As of 2021, open source database licenses outpace commercial database licenses and this trend shows no signs of slowing.