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  • Announcing Quest®︎ Foglight®︎ v6.3 General Availability

    Background

    We are very excited to announce the general availability of Quest® Foglight® version 6.3.

    Foglight is the world’s broadest and deepest monitoring and optimization solution for the hybrid enterprise. Foglight brings unique top-to-bottom…

  • Postgres, open-source database platform

    PostgreSQL — Your next database platform?

    As a database administrator, you’re probably known in your organization for your pragmatic approach to technology. Sure, it’s important to continually hone your skills, but when somebody comes up with a new application-question, it’s more important to…

  • Announcing the SharePlex for PostgreSQL (Source) Beta

    Announcing the SharePlex for PostgreSQL (Source) Beta

    SharePlex® by Quest® was designed to address the HA/DR and horizontal scaling issues in Oracle databases. Building on this two-decade legacy, SharePlex for PostgreSQL now provides PostgreSQL database replication that solves many of these issues…

  • Get more out of your Oracle data by replicating to MySQL and PostgreSQL

    Get more out of your Oracle data by replicating to MySQL and PostgreSQL

    Growth of open-source databases

    Database developers and DBAs have been using open-source databases, such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, for years. The platforms are mature, offer flexibility with low license costs and have a huge community following. Plus…

  • Expanded target support (MySQL/PostgreSQL) with SharePlex 10.1.2

    Customers continue to adopt open-source database platforms as they work though digital transformation strategies.  To help support Oracle customers looking to take advantage of open-source alternatives, we are pleased to announce the release of SharePlex…

  • How can I add postgresql tools to the command line

    I am following a tutorial and I am trying to add postresql tools to the terminal, i am having trouble doing that, I have postgreSQL already installed in my laptop

    this is the tutorial that I am following https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6ypD7qv3Z8 go to…

  • How to recover Postgress Dababase after Netvault Server unplaned shutdown

    Hi guys,

    My Netvault backup server has been shutdown unplanned. So the Postgres SQL has been crash. 

    Now postgress service could not start.

    Please tell me how to recover or fix this database.

    Thanks you very much.

    Viktor,

  • Using Foglight with Google Cloud SQL

    We were recently asked if Foglight can be used to monitor Google Cloud SQL instances, specifically MySQL, PostgreSQL and SQL Server. To clarify, these are the PaaS (or DBaaS) offerings from Google. Within Google Cloud Platform, you can use Compute Engine…

  • A Review of Postgres version 12

    A Review of Postgres version 12

    Postgres version 12 is here. Did you miss its introduction like me? My excuse is the year-end holidays (what's yours?). 

    Well, version 13 isn't planned for release until the fall, so there's plenty of time to brush up on v.12

    To give the nod…

  • Postgres, Postgres....read all about it!

    Have you heard the news? PostgreSQL has earned the prestigious 'DBMS of the Year' award by DB-Engines!

    **(Postgres won in 2017 as well!)

    Who is DB-Engines (.com)?

    Solid IT, an Austrian IT consulting company, created and maintains DB-Engines. Solid…

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  • Monitor Postgres Disk Space Usage with Foglight

    Many things can happen if the database runs out of disk space. None of them are good. DBAs understand that it is essential to monitor database disk space so that critical business processes are uninterrupted. Quest’s Foglight provides peace of mind by…

  • Optimize Postgres Query Performance with Foglight

    One of the primary tasks of any DBA is to find and optimize poorly performing queries. This is not a trivial job as often times there is too much data to sort through and pinpoint problems. Quest’s Foglight provides alerts for Postgres queries that have…

  • Monitoring and Managing Locks in Postgres with Foglight

    One of the most valuable capabilities of Postgres is its support for concurrent ACID transactions. ACID is an acronym for Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability. These database transaction properties help verify data validity. It is important…

  • Getting Ready to Query the Foglight Performance Investigator Repository

    Getting Ready to Query the Foglight Performance Investigator Repository

    The backend repository for the Foglight Performance Investigator is based on Infobright, an analytics engine for machine generated data. However, you can connect natively via anything that can connect to PostgreSQL.

    The schema reference for Performance…

  • Monitor Postgres Post-Haste with Foglight

    First, a brief introduction….

    Formally named PostgreSQL (and pronounced  /ˈpoʊstɡrɛs ˌkjuː ˈɛl/), it is an object-relational database management system with roots from the Ingres project at the University of California, Berkeley. PostgreSQL is open…