Mastering the Postgres Rollout

That famous journey began simply—just follow the yellow brick road. But as we all learned, that pretty little lane entered some pretty challenging territory pretty quickly.
May 26, 2014

Back from LSF/MM and Collab

Last week, I attended the Linux Storage, Filesystems, and Memory Management summit (LSF/MM) on Monday and Tuesday, and the Linux Collaboration Summit (aka Collab) from Wednesday through Friday.
March 31, 2014

Linux's fsync() woes are getting some attention

In two weeks, I'm headed to LSF/MM and the Linux Collaboration Summit, by invitation of some Linux kernel hackers, to discuss how the Linux kernel can better interoperate with PostgreSQL...
March 10, 2014

Bruce Momjian: Teaching PostgreSQL, Then and Now

A special presentation of EnterpriseDB’s Introduction to PostgreSQL Administration next month will be led by PostgreSQL community leader and Global Development Group co-founder Bruce Momjian. The three-day live virtual event...
January 14, 2014

Understanding Postgres Parameter Context

Postgres' parameters have an associated context, which determines when that parameter can be changed. You can see the context of every parameter using the following query. A sample output is...
January 07, 2014