PostgreSQL: Index Tuning and Performance Optimization

Data is critical to any application, and database performance goes hand-in-hand with it. In this course, you'll get to see some ways to maximize database performance with PostgreSQL, covering indexes, best practices, and more.

PostgreSQL is often called the world's most advanced open source database. In this course, PostgreSQL: Index Tuning and Performance Optimization, you will get a look at index tuning and some performance optimization methods. You'll start with an introduction to tuning and optimization in PostgreSQL and how the EXPLAIN keyword works. Next, you'll see how indexes improve performance and move into some advanced concepts for indexes. Then, you'll get to learn about some best practices for populating large databases and be shown some important resources for PostgreSQL. By the end of this course, you'll be better prepared to tackle PostgreSQL databases challenges with performance in mind.

• Course Overview 1min
• PostgreSQL: Introduction 8mins
• PostgreSQL: Understanding Significance of EXPLAIN Keyword 41mins
• PostgreSQL: Improving Query Performance with Indexes 45mins
• PostgreSQL: Index Tuning for Complex Queries 44mins
• PostgreSQL: Best Practices to Populate Large Database 30mins
• PostgreSQL: Resources and Summary 16mins