PostgreSQL 16 Cookbook, Second Edition: Solve challenges across scalability, performance optimization, essential commands, cloud provisioning, backup, and recovery

Second Edition" equips database administrators and developers to take advantage of the most

recent developments. This edition provides in-depth coverage of enhanced logical replication,

which now includes the ability to replicate from standby servers. We provide detailed

instructions for setting up these advanced replication configurations, allowing you to better

distribute workloads and improve data availability. The optimization of concurrent bulk loading

capabilities for faster data ingestion is another noteworthy addition. Another standout feature

of PostgreSQL 16 is the expanded SQL/JSON syntax, which gives developers more control over

JSON data management.

Additionally, the book teaches new monitoring capabilities introduced with the pg_stat_io view,

which provide insights into I/O operations to help optimize performance. The book goes on to

implement performance enhancements such as SIMD acceleration for processing ASCII and

JSON strings, as well as the new load balancing feature, load_balance_hosts, which distributes

traffic efficiently among multiple servers. The goal of this book is to provide you with the

knowledge you need to successfully manage, optimize, and troubleshoot database

environments by providing a deep-dive understanding of how to implement and benefit from

PostgreSQL 16's latest features.