PostgreSQL 11 Administration Cookbook

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source database management system with an enviable reputation for high performance and stability. With many new features in its arsenal, PostgreSQL 11 allows you to scale up your PostgreSQL infrastructure. This book takes a step-by-step, recipe-based approach to effective PostgreSQL administration.

The book will introduce you to new features such as logical replication, native table partitioning, additional query parallelism, and much more to help you to understand and control, crash recovery and plan backups. You will learn how to tackle a variety of problems and pain points for any database administrator such as creating tables, managing views, improving performance, and securing your database. As you make steady progress, the book will draw attention to important topics such as monitoring roles, backup, and recovery of your PostgreSQL 11 database to help you understand roles and produce a summary of log files, ensuring high availability, concurrency, and replication.

By the end of this book, you will have the necessary knowledge to manage your PostgreSQL 11 database efficiently.

Type
ebook
Category
Data
publication date
2019-05-03
what you will learn

Troubleshoot open source PostgreSQL version 11 on various platforms
Deploy best practices for planning and designing live databases
Select and implement robust backup and recovery techniques in PostgreSQL 11
Use pgAdmin or OmniDB to perform database administrator (DBA) tasks
Adopt efficient replication and high availability techniques in PostgreSQL
Improve the performance of your PostgreSQL solution

no of pages
600
duration
1200
key features
Study and apply the newly introduced features in PostgreSQL 11 * Tackle any problem in PostgreSQL 11 administration and management * Catch up on expert techniques for monitoring, fine-tuning, and securing your database
approach
The book is a step by step guide with example-driven recipes, focused on the new features of the latest PostgreSQL version11.
This book will serve as a specific guide to understand and leverage useful PostgreSQL functionalities to create better and more efficient databases.
audience
This book is designed for database administrators, data architects, database developers, or anyone with an interest in planning and running live production databases using PostgreSQL 11. It is also ideal if you’re looking for hands-on solutions to any problem associated with PostgreSQL 11 administration. Some experience with handling PostgreSQL databases will be beneficial
meta description
A practical guide to administer, monitor and replicate your PostgreSQL 11 database
short description
PostgreSQL is a powerful open source database management system, now recognized as the experts’ choice for a wide range of applications. This book contains useful administration recipes for improving the performance, security, and stability of your PostgreSQL 11 solution.
subtitle
Over 175 recipes for database administrators to manage enterprise databases
keywords
PostgreSQL 11, PostgreSQL, Postgres, database, database programming, RDBMS, SQL, replication, monitoring, database administration, availability, indexing, query handling, sql tuning, server programming
Product ISBN
9781789537581