I’m pleased to say that we’ve just released Postgres-BDR 1.0, based on PostgreSQL 9.4.9. This release contains significant improvements to DDL replication locking, global sequences, documentation, performance, and more. It...
I’ve published multiple benchmarks comparing different PostgreSQL versions, as for example the performance archaeology talk (evaluating PostgreSQL 7.4 up to 9.4), and all those benchmark assumed fixed environment (hardware, kernel...
In a recent blog, I described features for PostgreSQL Core that we’ve been working on https://www.2ndquadrant.com/en/blog/postgresql-solutions-roadmap/ Many people have asked for a similar roadmap for BDR and Postgres-XL. I can...
An Uber technical blog of July 2016 described the perception of “many Postgres limitations”. Regrettably, a number of important technical points are either not correct or not wholly correct because...
At the PostgreSQL developer meeting we discussed putting up everybody’s roadmap projects in one place: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/PostgreSQL10_Roadmap. 2ndQuadrant PostgreSQL Roadmap Projects Logical Replication Use Case: Upgrade Use Case: Partial database replication...
The recently released repmgr 3.1.4 update incorporates several changes which improve usability and lay out the groundwork for enhanced compatibility with 2ndQuadrant’s barman product. New configuration option restore_command It’s now...
PostgreSQL is an awesome project and it evolves at an amazing rate. We’ll focus on evolution of fault tolerance capabilities in PostgreSQL throughout its versions with a series of blog...
Starting from Barman 1.6.1, PostgreSQL standby servers can rely on an “infinite” basin of WAL files and finally pre-fetch batches of WAL files in parallel from Barman, speeding up the...
Just got back from extended trip to Database.Camp – Sunday, July 10, 2016 – at the UN in NYC – Totally Free! Wide range of presentations from CTOs/CEOs from across...
Last week, 2ndQuadrant‘s Gabriele Bartolini was privileged to speak at IBM Italia’s Open Innovation event in Milan, Italy. At this event, IBM highlighted the strengths of open source such as...
