Postgres Open Keynote: The Next 25 Years

1986 - 1995The Berkeley Years

1996open source

advances

● development● features● performance● reliability● enterprise adoption

no

production ready

● 8k row limit● crash safe● SMP scaling

user adoption

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conferences

walreciever

walsender

walreciever

replication

upgrade-in-placewith pg_upgrade

expansion

predestined?

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this year

innovation● transaction-controlled synchronous

replication● serializable snapshot isolation● K-nearest neighbor indexes● writeable common table expressions● security-enhanced Postgres

next year

PostgreSQL 9.2

performance

lazy VXID locksreduced table locksindex-only scansdecreased I/O

more innovation

● range types● space-GiST

year after next

● more innovations● performance

● scaling to 256 cores● advanced partitioning

year after next

● heavyweight clustering● PostgresXC● TransLattice● more “big data” clustering

PostgreSQL 10and beyond

adaptability

adaptable Linux

adaptable Linux

virtualization

hosts

2010real

virtual

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virtualization challenges● zero administration● lowering resource use● sharing● autotuning● lightweight clustering

NoSQL

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adapt● JSON & XML● direct language interfaces● zero administration● MM replication

PostGresql As A Service(PGAAS)

PostgreSQL 20.0

we can do it

● performance● security● availability● durability

we know data

See You In 2036!

more information● Postgres: www.postgresql.org● Josh Berkus: www.pgexperts.com● Bruce Momjian: www.momjian.us

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