Get 13 ways to improve your database ingest (INSERT) performance and speed up your time-series queries using PostgreSQL.

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TigerData (Creators of TimescaleDB)

This post provides 13 tips to improve PostgreSQL database insert performance, including using indexes in moderation, reconsidering foreign key constraints, avoiding unnecessary unique keys, using separate disks for WAL and data, and using performant disks. It also suggests using TimescaleDB to improve ingest performance and provides additional techniques for optimizing insert performance with TimescaleDB. The post emphasizes the importance of insert performance in real-time or high-volume databases and highlights the value of time-series data and application monitoring. It also provides resources for further learning and optimization of PostgreSQL performance.

13 Tips to Improve PostgreSQL Database Insert Performance

Using TimescaleDB to Improve Ingest Performance