Grant Godeke - Timescale Blog

How Timescale Replication Works: Enabling HA in PostgreSQL

16 Apr 2024 15 min read

Timescale supports database replication through read replicas. Learn how they work under the hood and how you can enable them.

Introducing Dynamic PostgreSQL: How We Are Evolving the Database to Help You Sleep at Night

6 Nov 2023 10 min read

No more overprovisioning to handle peak load or worrying about unpredictably high bills from serverless database deployments.

Boosting Postgres Performance With Prepared Statements and PgBouncer's Transaction Mode

3 Nov 2023 4 min read

You can now boost both your application’s and Postgres’ performance by using prepared statements and PgBouncer’s transaction mode. Learn how.

Connection Pooling on Timescale, or Why PgBouncer Rocks

2 Nov 2023 8 min read

Scale database connections without consuming your compute resources: say hello to Timescale’s connection pooler, hosted PgBouncer.

Making PostgreSQL Backups 100x Faster via EBS Snapshots and pgBackRest

31 Aug 2023 9 min read

pgBackrest is an awesome tool for backup creation/restore in Postgres, but it can get slow for large databases. We mitigated this problem by incorporating EBS Snapshots to our backup strategy.

Read Before You Upgrade: Best Practices for Choosing Your PostgreSQL Version

11 Nov 2022 11 min read

PostgreSQL upgrades have been known to be a bit of a controversial issue in the community. In this article, we will take the mystery out of the question of when an upgrade is appropriate and how Timescale allows you to do it as swiftly as possible.

How to Test Performance Improvements on Up-To-Date Production Data in Timescale

12 Oct 2022 9 min read

Learn how to easily and safely test performance improvements in your production database, including advice on designing and writing your own tests.

How High Availability Works in Our Cloud Database

10 Aug 2022 12 min read

How does a high availability cloud database work? We give you a glimpse of how we designed Timescale to make it as flexible and available as possible—so you don’t have to worry about anything, not even beavers.

Introducing One-Click Database Forking in Timescale

29 Mar 2022 7 min read

Create a copy of your database in one click, enabling easier creation of testing environments, snapshots of data, maintenance of up-to-date staging environments, safer upgrades, and more.