Database Insights

A production guide to TimescaleDB — hypertable setup, automatic chunk management, columnar compression policies, retention policies, continuous aggregates with time_bucket(), and comparison against InfluxDB and Prometheus.

A complete guide to PostgreSQL replication — streaming replication setup, logical replication for selective table sync, synchronous standby configuration, monitoring replication lag, and failover with Patroni.

Configure PostgreSQL logical replication for selective table sync, zero-downtime upgrades, and multi-tenant setups

Optimize AWS RDS PostgreSQL costs without sacrificing performance. Learn instance sizing, storage class selection, backup strategies, and Multi-AZ optimization.

Monitor MySQL and PostgreSQL with Prometheus, Grafana, and PMM. Covers mysqld_exporter, postgres_exporter, alert rules, and production dashboard configuration.

Secure your MySQL and PostgreSQL databases — TLS, at-rest encryption, role-based access, and audit logging

PgBouncer multiplexes thousands of application connections onto a small pool of real PostgreSQL server connections — reducing connection overhead without any application code changes.

Running a single PMM server is a single point of failure for your database monitoring. Here's how to set up PMM in an HA configuration with failover and shared storage.

Deploy PgBouncer in transaction mode for high-concurrency PostgreSQL workloads — config, monitoring, and tuning

Deploy PMM to get deep MySQL and PostgreSQL visibility — query analytics, dashboards, and alerting in one tool

Fine-tune PostgreSQL autovacuum to eliminate dead tuples, prevent table bloat, and maintain query performance

A complete guide to PostgreSQL memory configuration and performance tuning, covering shared_buffers, work_mem, effective_cache_size, checkpoint tuning, and autovacuum settings that matter in production.