Training
This year we’re running three optional, full-day training courses the day before PGDay UK. These courses will be held at the same venue as the conference - 30 Euston Square. Each course covers the most popular PostgreSQL specific topics and have been sold out at other conferences in Europe and the USA.
Course 1: PostgreSQL Replication & Upgrades
Monday 3rd July, London
Tutors: Simon Riggs (CTO & Founder, 2ndQuadrant), Petr Jelinek (Consultant & Replication Developer, 2ndQuadrant)
Level: Intermediate
Content:
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Physical Replication in 9.5+
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Logical Decoding
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Logical Replication
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Selective Replication
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Bi Directional Replication
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Zero Downtime Upgrade from 9.5+
Price: £399 (or £349 for during our Early Bird promotion). If purchased together with a ticket to PGDay UK, a 10% discount will be applied to your order total. All prices are inclusive of VAT.
Course 2: PostgreSQL Performance Tuning
Monday 3rd July 2017, London
Tutor: Tomas Vondra (Developer, 2ndQuadrant)
Level: Intermediate
A whole-day training session focused on areas that you should master to tune PostgreSQL for performance. The training starts by explaining the overall architecture of the database system, how it interacts with the operating system and what settings are important; both in PostgreSQL and the operating system itself.
PostgreSQL is a multi-user system executing queries in parallel and it uses a fair amount of locking to co-ordinate those independent processes. As locks are a natural enemy of parallel systems, we'll spend some time explaining the basics of locking in PostgreSQL and how to investigate these issues. We'll also look at the basics of MVCC, a PostgreSQL feature that allows database systems to reduce the amount of locking. It's important to understand the basic MVCC idea as it has consequences for maintenance, particularly with regards to reclaiming space by VACUUM/autovacuum.
We will then discuss topics that are relevant for performance optimisation at the query level, such as; alternative ways to design a database, workload analysis, indexes, using EXPLAIN to tune queries, partitioning and - as a continuation of the MVCC discussion - transactions and isolation levels.
Content:
- Server Architecture and Tuning
- MVCC and VACUUM
- Locking and Concurrency
- Security
- Database Design Alternatives
- Advanced Development
- EXPLAIN SQL Tuning
- Workload Analysis
- Join Planning
- Indexes
- Partitioning
- Transactions and Isolation
Price: £399 (or £349 for during our Early Bird promotion). If purchased together with a ticket to PGDay UK, a 10% discount will be applied to your order total. All prices are inclusive of VAT.
Course 3: PostgreSQL Security
Monday 3rd July 2017, London
Tutor: Dr. Gianni Ciolli (Principal Consultant, 2ndQuadrant)
Level: Intermediate
Identifying database security breach points is the first step towards improving your infrastructure so that you don’t become a victim of malicious attack due to preventable vulnerabilities.
This training course will highlight the importance of database security in the following areas:
- Operating System Security
- Network Security Strategy
- User Authentication Levels
- Schema Level Security
- Data Encryption
- Backup Security
- Row Level Security
- SCRAM authentication
Price: £399 (or £349 for during our Early Bird promotion). If purchased together with a ticket to PGDay UK, a 10% discount will be applied to your order total. All prices are inclusive of VAT.
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