
PostgreSQL 9 High Availability Cookbook
Over 100 recipes to design and implement a highly available server with the advanced features of PostgreSQL.
Shaun Thomas(Author)
Packt Publishing
Published on 17. July 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
398 pages
978-1-84951-696-9 (ISBN)
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Key Features
Book DescriptionA comprehensive series of dependable recipes to design, build, and implement a PostgreSQL server architecture free of common pitfalls that can operate for years to come. Each chapter is packed with instructions and examples to simplify even highly complex database operations. If you are a PostgreSQL DBA working on Linux systems who want a database that never gives up, this book is for you. If you've ever experienced a database outage, restored from a backup, spent hours trying to repair a malfunctioning cluster, or simply want to guarantee system stability, this book is definitely for you.What you will learn
Protect your data with PostgreSQL replication and management tools such as Slony, Bucardo, and Londiste
Choose the correct hardware for redundancy and scale
Prepare for catastrophes and prevent them before they happen
Reduce database resource contention with connection pooling
Automate monitoring and alerts to visualize cluster activity using Nagios and collectd
Construct a robust software stack that can detect and fix outages
Design a scalable schema architecture to handle billions of queries
Who this book is for
Book DescriptionA comprehensive series of dependable recipes to design, build, and implement a PostgreSQL server architecture free of common pitfalls that can operate for years to come. Each chapter is packed with instructions and examples to simplify even highly complex database operations. If you are a PostgreSQL DBA working on Linux systems who want a database that never gives up, this book is for you. If you've ever experienced a database outage, restored from a backup, spent hours trying to repair a malfunctioning cluster, or simply want to guarantee system stability, this book is definitely for you.What you will learn
Protect your data with PostgreSQL replication and management tools such as Slony, Bucardo, and Londiste
Choose the correct hardware for redundancy and scale
Prepare for catastrophes and prevent them before they happen
Reduce database resource contention with connection pooling
Automate monitoring and alerts to visualize cluster activity using Nagios and collectd
Construct a robust software stack that can detect and fix outages
Design a scalable schema architecture to handle billions of queries
Who this book is for
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Language
English
Place of publication
Birmingham
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
741 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84951-696-9 (9781849516969)
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Shaun Thomas
PostgreSQL 9 High Availability Cookbook
Over 100 recipes to design and implement a highly available server with the advanced features of PostgreSQL.
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10/2025
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Packt Publishing Limited
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Shaun Thomas has been experimenting with PostgreSQL since late 2000 and serves as a database consultant, teacher, blogger, and support engineer with 2ndQuadrant. He has presented at conferences such as Postgres Open, 2Q PGCONF, and PgConf on topics such as handling extreme throughput, high availability, failover techniques, monitoring tools, database architecture, multi-master conflict avoidance, and high availability upgrade concepts. He believes in a multi-disciplinary approach when it comes to high availability.He believes that PostgreSQL has a stupendous future ahead, and he can't wait to see the advancements subsequent versions will bring.
Content
Table of Contents
Hardware Planning
Handling and Avoiding Downtime
Pooling Resources
Troubleshooting
Monitoring
Replication
Replication Management Tools
Advanced Stack
Cluster Control
Data Distribution
Hardware Planning
Handling and Avoiding Downtime
Pooling Resources
Troubleshooting
Monitoring
Replication
Replication Management Tools
Advanced Stack
Cluster Control
Data Distribution