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PostgreSQL 9 High Availability Cookbook

By : Shaun Thomas
Book Image

PostgreSQL 9 High Availability Cookbook

By: Shaun Thomas

Overview of this book

A 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.
Table of Contents (12 chapters)
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Index

Chapter 1. Hardware Planning

In this chapter, we will learn about selection and provisioning of hardware necessary to build a highly available PostgreSQL database. We will cover the following recipes in this chapter:

  • Planning for redundancy
  • Having enough IOPS
  • Sizing storage
  • Investing in a RAID
  • Picking a processor
  • Making the most of memory
  • Exploring nimble networking
  • Managing motherboards
  • Selecting a chassis
  • Saddling up to a SAN
  • Tallying up
  • Protecting your eggs