Bruce Momjian
EnterpriseDB
11:00
04 February
45 min
Unlocking the Postgres Lock Manager
Locking is critical for providing high concurrency for any database — you cannot fully utilize your hardware if locking is throttling its use. This talk explores all aspects of locking in Postgres by showing queries and their locks; covered lock types include row, table, shared, exclusive, and advisory lock types. The high concurrency provided by Multiversion Concurrency Control (MVCC) is also covered.
Slides are at https://momjian.us/main/writings/pgsql/locking.pdf