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PostgreSQL: Index Tuning and Performance Optimization

Data is critical to any application, and database performance goes hand-in-hand with it. In this course, you'll get to see some ways to maximize database performance with PostgreSQL, covering indexes, best practices, and more.

Pinal Dave - Pluralsight course - PostgreSQL: Index Tuning and Performance Optimization
by Pinal Dave

What you'll learn

PostgreSQL is often called the world's most advanced open source database. In this course, PostgreSQL: Index Tuning and Performance Optimization, you will get a look at index tuning and some performance optimization methods. You'll start with an introduction to tuning and optimization in PostgreSQL and how the EXPLAIN keyword works. Next, you'll see how indexes improve performance and move into some advanced concepts for indexes. Then, you'll get to learn about some best practices for populating large databases and be shown some important resources for PostgreSQL. By the end of this course, you'll be better prepared to tackle PostgreSQL databases challenges with performance in mind.

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Pinal Dave - Pluralsight course - PostgreSQL: Index Tuning and Performance Optimization
Pinal Dave

Pinal Dave is a Pluralsight Developer Evangelist.

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