Gianni Ciolli - PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook: Over 165 effective recipes for database management and maintenance in PostgreSQL 10

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Simon Riggs is the CTO of 2ndQuadrant, having contributed to PostgreSQL as a major developer and committer for 14 years. He has written and designed features for replication, performance, BI, management, and security. Under his guidance, 2ndQuadrant is now a leading developer of open source PostgreSQL, serving hundreds of clients in USA, Europe, and worldwide. Simon is a frequent speaker at many conferences on PostgreSQL Futures. He has worked as a database architect for 30 years.

GianniCiolli is the head of professional services at 2ndQuadrant. PostgreSQL consultant, trainer, and speaker at many PostgreSQL conferences in Europe and abroad since the last 10 years. He has a PhD in Mathematics from the University of Florence. He has worked with free and open source software since the 1990s and is active in the community (Prato Linux User Group and Italian PostgreSQL Users Group). He lives in London with his son. His other interests include music, drama, poetry, and athletics.

Sheldon Strauch is a 23-year veteran of software consulting at IBM, Sears, Ernst & Young, and Kraft Foods. Having a bachelor's degree in business administration, he leverages his technical skills to improve business' self-awareness. He is interested in data gathering, management, and mining; maps and mapping; business intelligence; and application of data analysis. He is currently focusing on the development of data management and mining at Enova International at Chicago. At his leisure, he enjoys performing arts, music, and traveling with his wife, Marilyn.

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PostgreSQL is an advanced SQL database server, available on a wide range of platforms and is fast becoming one of the world's most popular server databases with an enviable reputation for performance, stability, and an enormous range of advanced features. PostgreSQL is one of the oldest open source projects, completely free to use, and developed by a very diverse worldwide community. Most of all, it just works!

One of the clearest benefits of PostgreSQL is that it is open source, meaning that you have a very permissive license to install, use, and distribute PostgreSQL without paying anyone any fees or royalties. On top of that, PostgreSQL is well-known as a database that stays up for long periods, and requires little or no maintenance in many cases. Overall, PostgreSQL provides a very low total cost of ownership.

PostgreSQL Administration Cookbook offers the information you need to manage your live production databases on PostgreSQL. The book contains insights direct from the main author of the PostgreSQL replication and recovery features and the rest of the team at 2ndQuadrant. This hands-on guide will assist developers working on live databases, supporting web or enterprise software applications using Java, Python, Ruby, and .Net from any development framework. It's easy to manage your database when you've got PostgreSQL 10 Administration Cookbook at hand.

This practical guide gives you quick answers to common questions and problems, building on the author's experience as trainers, users, and core developers of the PostgreSQL database server.

Each technical aspect is broken down into short recipes that demonstrate solutions with working code, and then explain why and how that works. The book is intended to be a desk reference for both new users and technical experts.

The book covers all the latest features available in PostgreSQL 10. Soon you will be running a smooth database with ease!