PostgreSQL

Flexible Server for PostgreSQL, Status March 2023

As many know about a year ago I wrote some critical posts about Microsofts Flexible Server for PostgreSQL, now it is time to take a look again. At first, many promised functions where delivered with a latency of about one(…)

TimescaleDB

Introduction TimescaleDB is a “time-series” database (TSDB). This kind of databases are optimized for storing, manipulating and querying time-series data. But… what is time-series data ?Time-series data is a collection of metrics (regular) or measurements (irregular)(…)

A generic jdbc tester (part I)

A generic utility to test JDBC connections to any RDBMS or no SQL data source whose JDBC drivers are provided. Listing, PostgreSQL, Oracle Thin.

How to submit a talk for a conference

I already did some talks at conferences and I had already the honor to select talks for a conference. During this talk selection I found some excellent examples on how to do to a proposal, but unfortunately also some examples(…)

Uyuni, an open-source configuration and infrastructure management solution for software-defined infrastructure (2) – Adding a client

In the last post we’ve installed and configured the Uyuni server. In this post we’ll add our first client we later on can manage through the Uyuni server. Quite some distributions are(…)

Fast setup of a two node repmgr cluster with auto failover

This blog is about a fast, script based, setup of a repmgr two node cluster with auto failover. This setup is very easy and the requirements comparing to a patroni setup very low, for exapmle as open port on the(…)

Recreate a Patroni replica using pgBackRest

In my last blog we had a look on how to bootstrap a complete Patroni Cluster from pgBackRest. But there is also the possibility to recreate only one Patroni node using pgBackRest. In this blog we(…)

pgconf.eu 2022: Review

Last week I had the pleasure to join the pgconf.eu in Berlin. After three years of waiting since Milan 2019, I was really excited to travel to Berlin to meet all the PostgresFriends again and of(…)

2022.pgconf.eu Berlin conference for tech

Last week, the biggest European PostgreSQL event of the year took place in Berlin (2022.pgconf.eu). This event is an excellent opportunity to meet developers from the PostgreSQL community and to attend high profile tech presentations. Tuesday evening we started(…)

Setup a PostgreSQL Instance in Google Cloud SQL

This blog will be the first of a series of blogs, to report about my experiences with Google Cloud SQL. In this blog we will setup a basic PostgreSQL instance in the Google Cloud. If you’re new to Google Cloud,(…)