With downtime costing up to $85,000 per minute, high availability has become the backbone of modern database management.

To maintain uninterrupted access to critical data, organizations must implement high availability and disaster recovery strategies tailored to their unique infrastructure. Umair Shahid recently led a session titled “Achieving 99.99% Availability for PostgreSQL” to provide insights on achieving this reliability.

Umair explored the essential elements required to achieve 99.99% high availability for PostgreSQL, covering:

Clustering Approaches: A breakdown of different strategies, their advantages, and challenges

Replication: Synchronous vs asynchronous replication 

Load Balancing: Techniques to evenly distribute workloads

Failover: Best practices to minimize downtime during unexpected failures.

Disaster Recovery: Strategies to safeguard your data against catastrophic events.

Open Source Tools: Community-driven tools for PostgreSQL HA

Whether you are managing enterprise systems or scaling a startup’s infrastructure, this webinar offers actionable insights to ensure your PostgreSQL clusters are resilient and highly available. Watch the recording now. 

About the Speaker

Umair Shahid

Umair, founder of Stormatics, is a 20-year veteran of the PostgreSQL community with extensive experience in solving real-world problems with technology. Being a recognized expert in PostgreSQL, he is a blogger and a regular global conference speaker. His previous experience with commercial PostgreSQL has spanned roles related to professional services and product management in major pure-play PostgreSQL organizations.