PostgreSQL Performance

This training teaches how to safely and effectively optimize the performance of PostgreSQL server. Students understand how to use the tools to monitor, evaluate and tune. The course makes participants proficient in evaluating architecture, using tools, configuring databases, and tuning SQL code and applications.

Obsah školení

Hardware and Disks

• Physical disk anatomy
• Filesystems
• Performance considerations with disks
• Tuning disks for better performance

Transactions and locks

• Locking and concurrency
• Write ahead logs
• Data sync options
• Checkpoints

Operating system

• Tuning operating system
• Memory, work memory and index memory

Indexes and Query planner

• Examining query planner
• Index types and their usage
• Full text searh
• Planner statistics
• Table partitioning

Replication overview

• Log shipping and

Additional tools

• pgbench