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What is a database backup (back to the basics)

By Franck Pachot . TL;DR: do not consider a dump (like PostgreSQL pg_dump or Oracle expdp) as a database backup do not consider that your backup is successful if you didn’t test recovery databases provide physical database backups, easy(…)

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

This Blog is about some findings on Microsoft’s Azure service for PostgreSQL which I think needed to be noted. Findings about the infrastructure The Microsoft Azure Service for PostgreSQL is using Windows as OS Infrastructure, there are several points where(…)

Instant PostgreSQL Cloning with SUSE and Btrfs

What if you could clone a PostgreSQL database instantly without affecting the original source database, without impacting performance, without any external tool but using your linux Btrfs storage layer. This is what I will demonstrate in the following blogpost.

Increase your PostgreSQL databases security by checking a few settings Part 2

Continuing from my first blog we will check some more access and authentication configurations. Focusing on removing unnecessary database privileges. After that we will configure the backend parameters correctly to have more robust PostgreSQL server/client sessions. And at last SSL(…)

PostgreSQL 13 and Patroni 2.0 – when parameters change

Starting with PostgreSQL 13 there is a name and value change of one of the parameters used for the streaming replication of a replica server. Some may already know which parameter I am talking about. Until Postgres 12 it was(…)

Patroni 2.0: New features – Patroni on pure Raft

Last week the new Patroni 2.0 release was published which brings many new features. But one makes me absolutely curious. At the moment only as BETA, but I had to test it. Patroni on pure Raft. It's possible to run(…)

Starting with PostgreSQL

In this Post you will learn how I met PostgreSQL and started to learn. If you are planning PostgreSQL as your database but don’t know where to start, this blog may help you. My background I have used MySQL database(…)

Installing MariaDB Columnstore 1.5 on CentOS 8

In my previous blog, I talked about how to install the latest MariaDB Community Server 10.5.5 on CentOS 8 but now I will talk about the latest version of MariaDB ColumnStore 1.5 which is not anymore a separate fork of(…)

Build API backend server with NodeJS and PostgreSQL

Introduction In this Blog I will describe how to create an API Backend with NodeJS using PostgreSQL as Database. We will create API for public events with CRUD options. CRUD means: create, read, update and delete. Firstly, we will create(…)

Increase your PostgreSQL databases security by checking a few settings

This blog provides you with a short overview of easy to control settings that enhance your PostgreSQL security. Mostly by creating a separate group to assign privileged database members. And checking different logging and log rotations settings for better and(…)