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Administer, monitor, and replicate your PostgreSQL 14 database for efficient database management and maintenance Key Features Troubleshoot and tackle any administration and management problems in PostgreSQL 14 Find expert techniques for monitoring, fine-tuning, and securing your database Adopt efficient replication for high availability with PostgreSQL 14 Book DescriptionPostgreSQL is a powerful, open-source database management system with an enviable reputation for high performance and stability. With many new features in its arsenal, PostgreSQL 14 allows you to scale up your PostgreSQL infrastructure. With this book, you'll take a step-by-step, recipe-based approach to effective PostgreSQL administration. This book will get you up and running with all the latest features of PostgreSQL 14 while helping you explore the entire database ecosystem. You'll learn how to tackle a variety of problems and pain points you may face as a database administrator such as creating tables, managing views, improving performance, and securing your database. As you make progress, the book will draw attention to important topics such as monitoring roles, validating backups, regular maintenance, and recovery of your PostgreSQL 14 database. This will help you understand roles, ensuring high availability, concurrency, and replication. Along with updated recipes, this book touches upon important areas like using generated columns, TOAST compression, PostgreSQL on the cloud, and much more. By the end of this PostgreSQL book, you'll have gained the knowledge you need to manage your PostgreSQL 14 database efficiently, both in the cloud and on-premise. What you will learn Plan, manage, and maintain PostgreSQL databases in production Work with the newly introduced features of PostgreSQL 14 Use pgAdmin or OmniDB to perform database administrator (DBA) tasks Use psql to write accurate and repeatable scripts Understand how to tackle real-world data issues with the help of examples Select and implement robust backup and recovery techniques in PostgreSQL 14 Deploy best practices for planning and designing live databases Who this book is forThis Postgres 14 book is for database administrators, data architects, database developers, and anyone with an interest in planning and running live production databases using PostgreSQL 14. Those looking for hands-on solutions to any problem associated with PostgreSQL 14 administration will also find this book useful. Some experience with handling PostgreSQL databases will help you to make the most out of this book, however, it is a useful resource even if you are just beginning your Postgres journey.

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Simon Riggs is a Postgres Fellow at EnterpriseDB (EDB), a member of the company's executive management team, and a Major Developer of PostgreSQL for over 15 years. At EDB, he contributes to technical strategy and works with key customers directly. Before this, Simon was the Founder and CEO of 2ndQuadrant, acquired by EDB in 2020. Simon has contributed widely to PostgreSQL across 17 years, initiating new projects, contributing ideas, and committing many important changes. He continues his work with the PostgreSQL community as a developer and on patch review. Simon is also a regular speaker at PostgreSQL conferences. Simon lives happily with his wife Karen in England. Gianni Ciolli is the Vice President for Solutions Architecture at EnterpriseDB (EDB). As a PostgreSQL consultant, he has driven many successful enterprise deployments for customers in every part of the globe.Gianni is respected worldwide as a popular speaker and trainer at many PostgreSQL conferences in Europe and abroad over the last 14 years. He has worked with free and open-source software since the 1990s as an active member of the community (Prato Linux User Group, and Italian PostgreSQL Users Group). Gianni has a Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Florence. He lives in London with his son. His other interests include music, drama, poetry and athletics.

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