Performance on PIGSTY

Modern Hardware for Future Databases

Wed, 20 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Author: Alex Miller (Snowflake, Apple, Google) | Original: Modern Hardware for Future Databases

A survey on how hardware developments affect database design, covering key advancements in networking, storage, and computing. Read more

MySQL Performance Declining: Where is Sakila Going?

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Author: Marco Tusa (Percona) | Original: Sakila, Where Are You Going?

Higher MySQL versions mean worse performance? Percona monitoring shows slow migration from 5.7 to 8.x. PostgreSQL is pulling ahead. Read more

PostgreSQL's Impressive Scalability

Sat, 13 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This article describes how Cloudflare scaled to support 55 million requests per second using 15 PostgreSQL clusters, and PostgreSQL’s scalability performance. Read more

PostgreSQL Macro Query Optimization with pg_stat_statements

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Query optimization is one of the core responsibilities of DBAs. This article introduces how to use metrics provided by pg_stat_statements for macro-level PostgreSQL query optimization. Read more

How Powerful is PostgreSQL Really?

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0000

Let performance data speak: Why PostgreSQL is the world’s most advanced open-source relational database, aka the world’s most successful database. MySQL vs PostgreSQL performance showdown and distributed database reality check. Read more

A Methodology for Diagnosing PostgreSQL Slow Queries

Tue, 23 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Slow queries are the sworn enemy of OLTP databases. Here’s how to identify, analyze, and fix them using metrics (Pigsty dashboards), pg_stat_statements, and logs. Read more

Testing Disk Performance with FIO

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

FIO is a convenient tool for testing disk I/O performance Read more

Using sysbench to Test PostgreSQL Performance

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Although PostgreSQL provides pgbench, sometimes you need sysbench to outperform MySQL. Read more