![postgres=# select * from umair;
-[ RECORD 1 ]-----------------------------
name | Umair Shahid
description | 20+ year PostgreSQL veteran
company | Stormatics
designation | Founder
location | Islamabad, Pakistan
family | Mom, Wife & 2 kids
kid1 | Son, 17 year old
kid2 | Daughter, 14 year old](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/20240518-vixulcon2024-theriseofpostgresqlhistorictrendsandmodernapplications-240520201626-2a87cb55/85/20240518-VixulCon-2024-The-Rise-of-PostgreSQL_-Historic-Trends-and-Modern-Applications-pdf-2-320.jpg)
20240518 - VixulCon 2024 - The Rise of PostgreSQL_ Historic Trends and Modern Applications.pdf
- 1. The Rise of PostgreSQL Historic Trends and Modern Applications VixulCon | 18-May-2024
- 2. postgres=# select * from umair; -[ RECORD 1 ]----------------------------- name | Umair Shahid description | 20+ year PostgreSQL veteran company | Stormatics designation | Founder location | Islamabad, Pakistan family | Mom, Wife & 2 kids kid1 | Son, 17 year old kid2 | Daughter, 14 year old
- 3. Our mission is to help businesses scale PostgreSQL reliably for critical data
- 4. On to the topic now!
- 5. Introducing PostgreSQL ● Object-relational database ● Open source with a liberal license ● SQL Standard compliant ● ACID compliant (atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability) ● Supports structured as well unstructured data ● Highly extensible
- 6. A bit of a history lesson … ● 1986 - The Berkeley POSTGRES Project ○ Implementation started at University of California Berkeley ○ Led by Professor Michael Stonebraker ○ Sponsored by ■ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ■ Army Research Office ■ National Science Foundation ■ ESL, Inc ● 1994 - Postgres95 ○ SQL interpreter added ○ Code made open source ○ 30-50% faster than its predecessor ● 1996 - PostgreSQL
- 7. The world’s most advanced open source relational database
- 9. Growth of Open Source Software Estimated market size in 2022 - USD 25.6 billion Expected market size in 2027 - USD 54.1 billion 16.2% Compound Annual Growth Rate https://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/open-source-services-market-27852275.html
- 10. – Red Hat’s ‘The State of Enterprise Open Source 2022’ “The question is no longer whether your enterprise should adopt open technologies; the question is when - and how.” https://www.redhat.com/en/resources/state-of-enterprise-open-source-report-2022
- 11. Increasing levels of trust https://www.redhat.com/en/resources/state-of-enterprise-open-source-report-2022
- 12. It is no longer just about cost … https://www.redhat.com/en/resources/state-of-enterprise-open-source-report-2022
- 13. PostgreSQL Oracle Standard Edition Oracle Enterprise Edition Database license $0 $17,500 $47,500 Clustering $0 Not Available $23,000 Partitioning $0 Not Available $11,500 Advanced Security $0 Not Available $15,000 Updates & Support $5,000 $3,850 $10,450 Total Cost $5,000 $21,350 $107,450 Cost Comparison (single socket only)
- 14. A glimpse of PostgreSQL features …
- 15. ● Reliability ○ Clustering & replication ○ High availability ○ Disaster recovery ● Scalability ○ Horizontal + vertical ○ Load balancing ○ Connection pooling ● Performance ○ Multiversion Concurrency Control ○ Multiple index types ○ Parallel query execution ● Security ○ Data encryption ○ Audit trail ○ Multi factor authentication PostgreSQL Features (not a comprehensive list) ● Extensibility ○ Extensions for additional functionality ○ Foreign data wrappers ○ Language support for a variety of PLs ● Community ○ Mailing lists, forums, social media groups ○ Documentation, manuals, & tutorials ○ Global and very diverse contributor base ● Vendor Support ○ 24/7 SLA-based support ○ No vendor lock-in ○ Zero licensing cost ● Compliance ○ SQL Standard ○ ACID Compliance ○ Thought leadership in SQL Standard
- 17. Global brands using PostgreSQL in production
- 18. The world’s most advanced open source relational database