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Monitoring System Activity with the New system_stats Extension for PostgreSQL
July 22, 2020
The team at Enterprise DB is pleased to announce the release of its new system_stats extension for Postgres and EDB Postgres Advanced Server. What is...
How Secure is your Postgres? Part 2: Authentication
July 15, 2020
This is the second of a series of blog posts that will help you examine the security of your Postgres deployment from end to end. The vast majority of...
How Secure is your Postgres? Part 1: Access
July 1, 2020
This is the first of a series of blog posts that will help you examine the security of your Postgres deployment from end to end. The vast majority of...
Postgres Vision 2020 Virtual Event Highlights
June 23, 2020
We just rolled out our first large-scale virtual event, Postgres Vision 2020! The conference sparked a lot of opportunity and excitement over the past...
Why Mastercard's Secret to Zero Downtime is PostgreSQL
June 19, 2020
Mastercard has used an array of database technologies, including Oracle, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Cassandra, Hadoop, DB2 and PostgreSQL, for years...
Why IKEA Retail Chose Postgres
June 15, 2020
Database technologies have significantly evolved over the past few years. Historically, relational databases were most popular; however, other types...
Postgres: A Strategic Tool When Deployed Properly
June 3, 2020
This article summarizes best practices and lessons learned from working with large and mid-size companies in their deployment of Postgres. Some...
PgBadger: X-Ray Vision for Your Queries
May 14, 2020
Performance complaints are not entirely new to a DBA. With the large number of possible parameters and varying loads which can affect performance, it...
A Review of 4 Top PostgreSQL Books
May 8, 2020
When I first started looking into Postgres, there were very few books in bookstores (yes, those still existed - that was a long time ago) and the only...
Index Corruption in PostgreSQL: The Hidden Cost of Your Queries
May 7, 2020
A corruption in the database base often manifests itself in the form of errors when performing a DDL or DML operation on affected relations. The...