30% Faster, UUID Downsides, Growing WAL, Processes vs. Threads | Scaling Postgres 271

Episode 271 • June 26, 2023 • 00:16:24
30% Faster, UUID Downsides, Growing WAL, Processes vs. Threads | Scaling Postgres 271
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30% Faster, UUID Downsides, Growing WAL, Processes vs. Threads | Scaling Postgres 271

Jun 26 2023 | 00:16:24

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Show Notes

 

In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss how to get 30% faster performance, the downsides of UUIDs, having too much WAL and whether Postgres should use processes or threads.

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