PGConf.Russia 2018

PostGIS is a spatial extension to PostgreSQL that enables spatial datatypes, access methods and a set of functions to perform geometric operations on them.

Typically PostGIS is used to select a small subset of a big static dataset. In this talk I'll cover issues that arise when working with big dynamic data flows, and ways to resolve them, on examples that we've met developing Juno ride sharing service backend.

How to optimize query processing in PostgreSQL? What if we deal with hundreds of servers and thousands of instances? The company "Tensor" has developed a special tool - explain.sbis.ru, which enables synchronous collection and analysis of queries, visualization of implementation plans, and monitoring of bugs in database.

The speaker will share his experience of transferring high-loaded game projects that were originally developed to work with MySQL into PostgreSQL. Problems that had been expected and ones that were actually faced. Tricky bugs that were found in production servers after the migration. Solutions that were used to deal with problems. PostgreSQL features that were very useful and desirable ones that were missing.

Comparison of capabilities of PostgreSQL and MS SQL to work with 1С. What does pg_restore mean for 1С user? Results of load testing for 1C database of more than 1TB size. The story of one 1C Production: 2 years, 500+ databases 1C, 4TB of data, cascading replication.