Data Alignment in PostgreSQL

When data are naturally aligned, CPU can perform read and write to memory efficiently. Hence, each data type in PostgreSQL has a specific alignment requirement. When multiple attributes are stored...
January 23, 2023

A Curious Case of Split WAL Files

I’ve come across this scenario maybe twice in the past eight years of using Streaming Replication in Postgres: replication on a standby refuses to proceed because a WAL file has...
January 23, 2023