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The document outlines key considerations and questions for effectively planning a PostgreSQL deployment, focusing on preparation, planning, and adaptation to changes post-deployment. It emphasizes the importance of infrastructure, application needs, and ongoing evaluation to ensure reliability and performance. Additionally, it highlights resources for training and ongoing support from EnterpriseDB.
Top10 list planningpostgresdeployment.2014
- 1. The Top 10 List for Planning a Postgres Deployment To listen to the recording of this presentation, please visit www.enterprisedb.com - click on the Resources tab – and view the list of On-Demand Webcasts © 2014 EDB All rights reserved. 1
- 2. Agenda • EnterpriseDB Overview • Preparation, Planning, and Postgres • Top 10 Questions to Ask • Ongoing Questions and Dealing with Change • Summary and Resources • Q&A © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 2
- 3. Brief EDB Overview © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 3
- 4. POSTGRES innovation Services & training © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 4 ENTERPRISE reliability 24/7 support Enterprise-class features & tools Indemnification Product road-map Control Thousands of developers Fast development cycles Low cost No vendor lock-in Advanced features Enabling commercial adoption of Postgres
- 5. Postgres Plus Advanced Server Postgres Plus Management Performance © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 5 Cloud Database High Availability REMOTE DBA 24x7 SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TRAINING EDB Serves All Your Postgres Needs PostgreSQL Security
- 6. EDB Customers EDB currently has over 2,500 total customers including 50 of the Fortune 500 and 98 of the Forbes Global 2000 © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 6
- 7. Gartner 2014 ODBMS Magic Quadrant © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 7 Gartner Comments: • “EnterpriseDB is the primary contributor to the PostgreSQL Community” • “EnterpriseDB’s Postgres Plus Oracle compatibility is now more than sufficient to run both mission-critical and nonmission-critical applications” • “Infor, a major application platform independent software vendor, added EnterpriseDB as a DBMS platform choice” • “Reference customers continue to identify the compatibility with Oracle, the stability of the DBMS and the product support as strengths”
- 8. Preparation, Planning, and Postgres © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 8
- 9. Deployment Planning ‘Timeline’ Hardware (Acquire and Configure) Application (Usage Pattern, Response Expectations) Availability Requirements Upgrades Recovery (Objectives and Continuity) © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 9
- 10. Why? When? • Why ask these questions? − Keep everyone on the same page − Not everyone knows what you know − Your answers might mean something unforeseen by others • When to ask these questions? − Early − Often © 2011 EnterpriseDB . All rights reserved. © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 10
- 11. Quick Poll Postgres Database Maturity Stage © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 11
- 12. Audience Quick Poll #1 • Question: What stage are you currently in with your Postgres project? • Answer choices: a. Evaluation or Proof of Concept b. Development – active development c. Deployment – planning for production or recently launched d. Maintenance © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 12
- 13. The Top 10 List © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 13
- 14. 10 Questions to Ask Yourself and Others 1. Where should I focus my money? 2. How should I partition the I/O? 3. What does my app want? 4. Can my app handle what the DB offers? 5. Highly available or highly recoverable? 6. Is ASYNC enough or do I need SYNC? 7. Cascaded replication or fanned? 8. How do I upgrade? 9. Why upgrade? 10. How much data can I afford to lose? © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 14
- 15. Hardware © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 15
- 16. 1. Acquiring Hardware – Where should I focus my money? • Where should I focus my money? − RAM − Max it out − ECC − I/O − Low latency − Battery backed − Local, not network − CPU − More cache == more better − Less CPUs, more cores − One 12-core CPU > Two 6-core CPU © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 16
- 17. 2. How Should I Partition the I/O ? © 2011 EnterpriseDB . All rights reserved. © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 17 http://www.enterprisedb.com/ahc • $PGDATA/pg_xlog − SSDs − ext2 • $PGDATA/pg_log − syslog • $PGDATA/pg_stat_tmp − tmpfs • $PGDATA/base − zfs, ext4, xfs - YES − btrfs - not yet − ext3 - NO
- 18. I/O Partitioning (cont.) • Tablespaces (you should be using them) − Group like objects into a tablespace of their own − Indexes − Reporting/historical tables − zfs, ext4, xfs − Indexes on SSD • Things to avoid − Hardware deduplication (just don't) − Hybrid SSD/HDD (use tablespaces instead) − NFS, GlusterFS, FUSE, remote* storage © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 18
- 19. File System and Storage Subsystem • Types of Storage Systems − Direct Attached Storage (DAS) − Storage Area Network (SAN) w. Fiber Channel − Storage Area Network (SAN) w. iSCSI − Network File System (NFS) • DAS: Fast and low latency • SAN: Fast, expensive (w. Fiber Channel), scalable, can include redundancy and smart file system operations • NFS: Not an optimal solution for Postgres © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 19
- 20. Your Application © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 20
- 21. 3. What Does My App Want? • A few long-running connections crunching lots of data? − large work_mem − Emphasize effective_cache over shared_buffers • Lots of 'quick hit' connections? − connection pooling − larger shared_buffers • More read? Or more write? − autovacuum aggressiveness − Checkpoint spreading © 2011 EnterpriseDB . All rights reserved. © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 21
- 22. 4. Can My App Handle what the DB Offers? • Can the app recover from a failed transaction? − During failover, for example • Can the app re-request if the answer isn't up-to-date? − Read-only slave, slightly behind the master • Can the app handle 'eventual consistency'? − Multi-master replication © 2011 EnterpriseDB . All rights reserved. © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 22
- 23. Availability © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 23
- 24. 5. High Availability or High Recoverability? • Highly available − Enterprise Failover Manager (EFM) − xDB • Highly recoverable − Warm standby − WAL archiving − PITR • Geographically durable − xDB − Cascaded Replication © 2011 EnterpriseDB . All rights reserved. © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 24
- 25. 6. Is ASYNC Enough or Do I Need SYNC? • ASYNC Replication − Default − Eventually consistent − May be 1+ transactions behind − Unlimited* number of ASYNC slaves • SYNC Replication − Atypical − Immediately consistent − Performance implications on the master − Only ever one SYNC slave © 2011 EnterpriseDB . All rights reserved. © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 25
- 26. 7. Cascaded or Fanned Replication? • Cascaded − Can survive death of the master − May introduce replication lag • Fanned − Does not survive death of the master − No additional replication lag • Both − No reason you can't mix-n-match © 2011 EnterpriseDB . All rights reserved. © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 26 OR
- 27. Upgrades © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 27
- 28. Quick Poll Upgrade Policies © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 28
- 29. Audience Quick Poll #2 • Question: What is your current upgrade policy? • Answer choices: a. Fully defined patch mgmt. policy w/ standing maintenance windows b. We apply security fixes only as needed c. We apply patches/upgrades whenever the mood strikes us d. We apply patches/upgrades when the vendor forces it e. Upgrades? © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 29
- 30. 8. How Do I Upgrade? • Postgres version number: xx.yy.zz − xx.yy = major version (8.4, 9.2, 9.3) − zz = minor version (9.1.14, 9.3.5) • Current version: − 9.3.x → 9.3.5 − 9.2.x → 9.2.9 • Major version changes − Not backwards compatible for stored data − Dump/load − pg_upgrade • Minor version changes − Replace the binaries, restart © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 30
- 31. How Do I Upgrade (cont.)? • Use replication ! • Upgrade the slave first − If a minor release upgrade, streaming replication − If a major release upgrade, logical replication • Failover to the upgraded slave • Upgrade the old master • Slave the old master to the new master • Fail back (optional) © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 31
- 32. 9. Why Upgrade? • Postgres minor releases fix only: − Frequently-encountered bugs − Security bugs − Data corruption bugs • As such, you are more at risk by not upgrading • Major versions are supported for 5 years which lessens the upgrade burden significantly © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 32
- 33. Recovery © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 33
- 34. 10. How Much Data Can I Afford to Lose? • What’s the loss to the business per minute of the app being down? − High cost == design for high availability − Think multi-master replication − Think offsite replication − Think automatic failover • What’s the loss to the business for every transaction you can’t recover? − High cost == design for high recoverability − Think SYNC replication − Think continuous WAL archiving − Think outside the db (zfs snapshots, RHCS, Veritas clustering) © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 34
- 35. Why Do I Need Backup and Recovery? • Backup and Recovery Strategies protect you in case of: − Catastrophic device failure − Site failure − Maintenance − Operator error − Compliance − Data corruption • Consider − Allowable PITR timeframe − Data retention policy − Test, test, test − Periodic backup validation © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 35
- 36. What Are My Recovery Options? • Various recovery options are available: − PITR − BART / Barman − pg_basebackup − pg_dump • How long does restoration take? • Do I know how to restore using my chosen method? © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 36
- 37. Dealing with Change – Ongoing Questions © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 37
- 38. Moving Forward • When things change − Database load − Hardware − Software versions − Business needs − User base grows And • At minimum, annually => Reconsider all questions © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 38
- 39. Summary and Useful Resources © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 39
- 40. Summary • Preparation, Planning, and Postgres − Most problems occur after moving to production − Many times these problems were foreshadowed − Try to think of “what's next” as much as “what's now” • Communicate − Nothing exists in a vacuum − Seek input from other teams − Proactively “push” info to others • Evaluate, Adjust, and Repeat − Monitor all the things − Define your 'line in the sand' © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 40
- 41. What You Can Do • Get the team ready for Postgres - Developer, DBA, Infrastructure • EDB Knowledge Base • Get Certified - http://www.enterprisedb.com/training • Follow the conversation: − #postgres on Twitter − Planet PostgreSQL, @planetpostgres , http://planet.postgresql.org • User groups and Meetups – almost all major cities − http://www.postgresql.org/community/user-groups/ − http://postgresql.meetup.com/ © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 41
- 42. Architectural Health Check • Review of database, OS, env. settings • Guidance on tuning, backup, high availability strategies Kick Start • Training • Flex consulting • Developer subscription © 2014 EnterpriseDB Corporation. All rights reserved. 42 Training and Certification • Flexible formats: on-demand, live virtual, on-site • Continuing education and Postgres certification Remote DBA Services • 24 x 7 monitoring • Supplemental staff • Architectural health check • Access to Postgres expertise How We Can Help Whitepapers and Recorded Webinars http://www.enterprisedb.com/resources-community
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