PgConf.Russia 2017

Do you test your PostgreSQL releases prior to Production in a dedicated test environment? Are you sure that your test environment (shortly Test) is equal to Production and in an appropriate state?

In Skype we were facing multiple challenges associated with database testing:
- Simplifying complex Production architecture of thousands of PostgreSQL instances, interconnected with RPCs and replications, infrastructure servers and external DB scripts, into their Test counterparts.
- Constantly growing hardware requirements, insufficient cleanup of data generated in Test.
- Differences between Test and Production were appearing and accumulating. Recognizing and fixing them required lots of effort.

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Tencent, based in China, is one of the world's largest companies in the social networking space. This talk discusses how Tencent modified the code of Postgres-XC to meet their internal payment system requirements

A summary of what the Postgres Professional company has achieved in its two-year history:

• Our achievements in PostgreSQL development.
• What is the Russian Postgres Pro DBMS, and how is it related to PostgreSQL?
• What is Postgres Pro Enterprise, and why Enterprise?
• What about trainings and certification?

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