🐘 PostgreSQL DBA Services
Remote PostgreSQL DBA support from an independent senior consultant: installation, upgrades, backup and recovery, high availability, tuning and 24/7 care for production databases.
How we can help
- Ongoing monitoring and support
- One-off projects: upgrades, migrations, DR setup
- Health checks and performance reviews
- Urgent help when something breaks
PostgreSQL DBA support, end to end
From the first installation to daily operations and the problems that come up in production.
Installation & Configuration
PostgreSQL installation, cluster setup, configuration of postgresql.conf and pg_hba.conf, and new environment builds.
Database Administration
Roles and privileges, schemas, maintenance, autovacuum, connection management and day-to-day operations.
Upgrades
Minor and major version upgrades, including pg_upgrade, with testing and rollback plans.
Backup & Point-in-Time Recovery
pgBackRest and base backups, WAL archiving, restore testing and point-in-time recovery.
High Availability
Streaming replication, repmgr, and Patroni with etcd and HAProxy, with switchover and failover testing.
Performance Tuning
Query tuning with EXPLAIN, indexing, pg_stat_statements, autovacuum and configuration tuning, and bloat fixes.
Security
Role and access reviews, authentication settings, SSL setup and hardening of your PostgreSQL servers.
Migrations
Moves from Oracle to PostgreSQL, version-to-version migrations and platform changes with minimal downtime.
Monitoring & Incident Response
Continuous monitoring and alerting, with fast response and root-cause analysis when something breaks.
Typical issues we handle
- Slow queries and high CPU or I/O
- Replication lag and broken standbys
- Table and index bloat, and autovacuum problems
- Backup failures and recovery needs
- Connection limits and locking problems
- Failover problems in Patroni or repmgr clusters
- Risky or failed upgrades
- Planning a migration from Oracle to PostgreSQL
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