Postgres Performance & Scalability

Unlock your Postgres performance & scalability potential with our expert optimization techniques. Our team has extensive experience tuning Postgres databases for companies such as Microsoft, Nextdoor, and Coinbase. We address both database and application-level issues, including N+1 queries, leveraging our expertise with AWS RDS, Google Cloud SQL, and Azure Database for PostgreSQL.

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Our Impact

100xFaster queries
Expert customized application query optimization
3x your PostgreSQL throughput
Realize up to 90% database cost savings
Improved scalability and reliability

We collaborate with your engineering team to review and optimize your database, application, and infrastructure.

Our Approach

The Process

Database Performance Review

Application & Cloud Infrastructure Review

Continued Support & Optimization

Database Performance Review

Problems

Solutions

Unused indexes can slow down database performance and cost money in terabytes of storage + instance sizesStepChange experts audit database usage to safely remove unused indexes.
Performance bottlenecks due to inefficient queriesOptimize indexes for key queries to eliminate sequential and bitmap scans, improving query response times.
Slow Postgres queries causing customer-facing downtimeOptimize database configuration and query performance to reduce downtime.
N+1 query issues in application codeRefactor code to perform data filtering and retrieval in the database, use eager loading to reduce query count, and optimize application logic for better efficiency.
Heavy ORM count queries affecting performanceOptimize ORM queries by reducing unnecessary database calls and replacing inefficient count queries with more efficient alternatives like existence checks and in-memory counts.
Frequent Postgres-related incidents causing downtimeConduct thorough root cause analysis to identify underlying issues, implement monitoring and alerting systems to proactively address problems, and optimize database configurations to enhance stability and reduce downtime.

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