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Webinar | Building a Robust Disaster Recovery Strategy with PostgreSQL
A solid disaster recovery strategy is at the core of business resilience. As systems grow more complex, the ability to recover quickly from outages becomes essential for maintaining continuity and protecting customer trust.
On 24 September 2025 at 3 PM GMT, Semab Tariq and Warda Bibi, PostgreSQL Consultants at Stormatics gave a technical session, where they shared their expertise on building robust disaster recovery strategies for PostgreSQL production environments.
This webinar covered the following:
→ Core concepts of Disaster Recovery (DR) and its methods
→ Key differences between High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR)
→ Why backups are the backbone of every recovery strategy
→ Native PostgreSQL backup features and the role of external tools
→ Best practices for designing a reliable DR plan tailored to your business
The session is designed for engineering and operations teams managing PostgreSQL in production environments who want to strengthen business continuity and minimize downtime.
About the Speakers
Warda Bibi
PostgreSQL Consultant, Stormatics
Warda is a PostgreSQL Consultant who helps organizations build, optimize, and scale their database systems efficiently. With expertise in PostgreSQL internals, she works closely with engineering teams to design high-performance architectures that meet both technical and business needs. At Stormatics, she delivers specialized PostgreSQL services, from query tuning to scalability solutions, helping clients achieve reliability and peak performance. Her hands-on approach stems from experience solving real-world database challenges in demanding production environments.
An active part of the PostgreSQL community, Warda shares her knowledge through technical guides and articles. She collaborates in patch reviews, hacking workshops, and community-driven initiatives, driven by a passion for making PostgreSQL more powerful and accessible for all users.
Semab Tariq
PostgreSQL Consultant, Stormatics
Semab Tariq is a PostgreSQL Consultant at Stormatics, bringing over 8 years of experience in DevOps, software packaging, and machine learning. He began his career as a DevOps Engineer, focusing on the packaging of numerous PostgreSQL-related tools. His contributions include creating and maintaining PostgreSQL community installers for Windows, macOS, and Linux, as well as PgAdmin installers during his tenure at 2ndQuadrant and later at EnterpriseDB.
Following this, Semab transitioned into a more specialized role in PostgreSQL by joining Stormatics. He now provides expert-level PostgreSQL consulting services, with a strong emphasis on building high-availability architectures for mission-critical applications and implementing robust disaster recovery solutions. He is also experienced in performance tuning and optimization of PostgreSQL across various platforms.
In addition to his consulting work, Semab is an active member of the PostgreSQL community. He frequently speaks at international PostgreSQL conferences, writes technical blogs, and conducts webinars to share his expertise.