PostgreSQL High Performance - Second Edition

Enhance the performance of your PostgreSQL system with this handy guide while avoiding common pitfalls that can slow it down.

About This Book
Learn the right techniques to obtain optimal PostgreSQL database performance, ranging from initial design to routine maintenance
Fine tune the performance of your queries and avoid the common pitfalls that can slow your system down
Contains tips and tricks on scaling successful database installations, and ensuring a highly available PostgreSQL solution
Who This Book Is For
This book is for intermediate to advanced database administrators and developers who use or plan to exploit the features of PostgreSQL in the best possible manner. While administrators can benefit from the topics related to the installation, configuration, and optimization of the server, developers will learn how to write optimal queries and address performance issues in their database design. This book will also benefit the PostgreSQL internal architects in being able to monitor the performance using benchmarking tools.

What You Will Learn
Learn the best practices to configure your PostgreSQL 9.6 database for optimal performance
Write optimal queries and techniques to detect performance issue in queries
Fine tune the performance of your queries using benchmarking and indexing techniques
Ensure high performance and a highly available database using the scaling and replication techniques
Discover how to make informed speed and reliability trade-offs
Handle increasing database workloads without any hassle
Use monitoring insights to continuously rework the design and configuration