Category: How to
Using PG Nitrous as a fast read replica for Amazon RDS PostgreSQL
Here is a step-by-step guide on how to set up a PG Nitrous database as a read replica for your Amazon RDS (Postgres) database.
Compression & PostgreSQL columnstore indexes
PostgreSQL columnstore indexes have a compression setting. Learn the pros and cons of different compression settings to help you tune performance better.
Introduction to PostgreSQL Columnstore Indexing
Learn how Columnstore Indexes in Swarm64 DA 5.0 speed up PostgreSQL query performance.
Will Swarm64 DA speed up my PostgreSQL database?
Swarm64 DA speeds up some PostgreSQL queries more than others. “Will Swarm64 DA speed up your database?” This post dives into scenarios that are good candidates for Swarm64 DA acceleration.
PostgreSQL parallelism can be like a box of chocolates (you never know what you’re going to get)
It can be challenging to predict how PostgreSQL parallelism will affect a query. In this post, we recommend ways to speed up queries thru better parallelism.
Backup and restore data in PostgreSQL foreign tables using pg_dump
A recent Swarm64 contribution to PostgreSQL 13 that enables pg_dump to more fully support the backup and restoration of foreign tables.
Provision Postgres on an FPGA-accelerated AWS F1 instance in 5 minutes
Want to lower data platform costs for analytic or query-intensive projects? Consider free, open source Postgres on an FPGA-accelerated AWS F1 instance for great price-performance. Here’s how to do it…
Scaling inside with Swarm64 and Intel FPGA at Strata NYC
Swarm64 is at Strata NYC this week! Come see our reference architecture for real-time market analytics at scale. Swarm64, Postgres, FPGA
Scaling an elastic PostgreSQL cluster using foreign data wrappers
How to set up an elastic cluster with parallel query execution using freely available open-source components from the PostgreSQL ecosystem.