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PostgreSQL High Performance Cookbook

You're reading from PostgreSQL High Performance Cookbook Mastering query optimization, database monitoring, and performance-tuning for PostgreSQL

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785284335

Length 360 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

SQL

Tools

PostgreSQL

Concepts

High Performance Programming

Authors (2):

Chitij Chauhan

Dinesh Kumar

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Table of Contents (13) Chapters

Preface

1. Database Benchmarking FREE CHAPTER

2. Server Configuration and Control

3. Device Optimization

4. Monitoring Server Performance

5. Connection Pooling and Database Partitioning

6. High Availability and Replication

7. Working with Third-Party Replication Management Utilities

8. Database Monitoring and Performance

9. Vacuum Internals

10. Data Migration from Other Databases to PostgreSQL and Upgrading the PostgreSQL Cluster

11. Query Optimization

12. Database Indexing

Chapter 12. Database Indexing

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

Measuring query and index block statistics
Index lookups
Comparing indexed scans and sequential scans
Clustering against an index
Concurrent indexes
Combined indexes
Partial indexes
Finding unused indexes
Forcing a query to use an index
Detecting missing indexes
Concurrent indexes

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Authors (2)

Chauhan

Chauhan

Chitij Chauhan currently works as a senior database administrator at an IT-based MNC in Chandigarh. He has over 10 years of work experience in the field of database and system administration, with specialization in MySQL clustering, PostgreSQL, Greenplum, Informix DB2, SQL Server 2008, Sybase, and Oracle. He is a leading expert in the area of database security, with expertise in database security products such as IBM InfoSphere Guardium, Oracle Database Vault, and Imperva.

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Dinesh Kumar

Dinesh Kumar

Dinesh Kumar is an enthusiastic open source developer and has written several open source tools for PostgreSQL. He recently announced pgBucket, a brand new job scheduler for PostgreSQL. He is also a frequent blogger at manojadinesh.blogpsot.com, where he talks more about PostgreSQL. He is currently working as a senior database engineer in OpenSCG and building the PostgreSQL cloud operations. He has more than 6 years of experience as an Oracle and PostgreSQL database administrator and developer, and is currently focusing on PostgreSQL.

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