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EDB Failover Manager 2.1, upgrading

Some days ago EnterpriseDB released a new version of its EDB Failover Manager which brings one feature that really sounds great: "Controlled switchover and switchback for easier maintenance and disaster recovery tests". This is(…)

Interested in the most advanced open source database? Where you can meet us in June …

Are you interested in what PostgreSQL can do for you? You can join us at the following events in June:(…)

Maintenance scenarios with EDB Failover Manager (3) – Witness node

In the last posts ( Maintenance scenarios with EDB Failover Manager (1) – Standby node , Maintenance scenarios with EDB Failover Manager (2) – Primary node ) we looked at how to perform maintenance(…)

Maintenance scenarios with EDB Failover Manager (2) – Primary node

In the last post I looked at how you can do maintenance operations on the standby node when you are working in a PostgreSQL cluster protected by EDB Failover Manager. In this post I'll look on how(…)

Maintenance scenarios with EDB Failover Manager (1) – Standby node

Recently at a customer we again implemented a PostgreSQL architecture as described some time ago. When we delivered the first draft of the documentation the question popped up how to handle maintenance tasks in a failover cluster(…)

Transactional DDL

When you are working on Oracle you probably learned that each DDL does an implicit commit in the background. There is no way to have DDLs wrapped in a real transaction (with the exception of the “create schema” command which(…)

Install PL/JAVA in Postgres Plus Advanced Server 9.5

While doing a project at a customer we came to a point where we needed to install pl/java into Postgres Plus Advanced Server 9.5. If you follow the official documentation you will probably fail(…)

The dbi services PostgreSQL reference architecture (1) – The commercial approach

When it comes to designing a PostgreSQL architecture that fits your requirements there are a couple of things to think about: Do you need a HA setup? How shall backups and restores being done and how shall all of these(…)

EDB Postgres Advanced Server 9.5 new features – Profiles

The just released version of EDB Postgres Advanced Server 9.5 introduces profiles very much the same as in Oracle. Lets have a look at it. As in Oracle there is a default profile: (enterprisedb@[local]:5445) [postgres] > x Expanded display(…)

Installing EDB Postgres Advanced Server 9.5

Some days ago EnterpriseDB released EDB Postgres Advanced Server 9.5. As usual this release contains all new features that have been introduced with PostgreSQL 9.5 plus the additions that are documented in the release notes.