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title: "Postgres Live: Monthly Series Session 3: Don't Do This"
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On Demand Webinar

Postgres Live: Monthly Series   
Scaling PostgreSQL: Vertical, Horizontal, and High Availability Strategies

- **Description**
  
  
  
  Postgres is recognized for its flexibility—but sling it efficiently takes more than just throwing hardware at the problem. In this technical session, we’ll break down how to approach Postgres scaling holistically, combining vertical + horizontal strategies with high availability to meet modern workload demands.
  
  You'll learn: 
  
    - How to optimize vertical scaling with Postgres configuration parameters like shared\_buffers, work\_mem, and effective\_cache\_size
    - Techniques for horizontal scaling: streaming vs. logical replication, sharding, and partitioning
    - Tools and patterns for high availability, including automatic failover, connection pooling, and backup best practices
    - Why combining vertical + horizontal scaling yields the best results for performance, stability, and resilience
  
  Whether you're managing a single high-performance instance or building out a multi-node cluster, this session will help you scale Postgres the right way—without compromising on availability or speed.
  
  Reserve your spot now and learn how to keep Postgres fast, available, and ready for growth.

## Speakers

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### Dr. Ibrar Ahmed

Dr. Ibrar Ahmed, PhD is a Principal Engineer at pgEdge, with expertise in PostgreSQL core development. With an unwavering passion for database systems and 17 years of dedicated experience in PostgreSQL development, coupled with 22 years in the field of software development. Throughout his career, Ibrar has contributed numerous performance enhancements and his expertise spans database performance analysis, optimizing query execution efficiency, and adeptly identifying and remedying performance bottlenecks. Ibrar is a frequent speaker at Postgres conferences and has authored multiple authoritative books on PostgreSQL.

### Scaling PostgreSQL: Vertical, Horizontal, and High Availability Strategies

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