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The document discusses pglogical and Postgres-BDR, open source tools for logical replication and multi-master replication in PostgreSQL. It provides information on recently released versions 3.5.1, upcoming features in pglogical 3 and Postgres-BDR 3, how Postgres-BDR allows for transparent multi-master databases, and integration of the tools and support from 2ndQuadrant.

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Postgres BDR PDF

The document discusses pglogical and Postgres-BDR, open source tools for logical replication and multi-master replication in PostgreSQL. It provides information on recently released versions 3.5.1, upcoming features in pglogical 3 and Postgres-BDR 3, how Postgres-BDR allows for transparent multi-master databases, and integration of the tools and support from 2ndQuadrant.

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2ndQuadrant

PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

14th Feb 2019

Nikhil Sontakke

Pglogical and Postgres-BDR 3.5.1 https://www.2ndQuadrant.com


2ndQuadrant
PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

pglogical
PostgreSQL to PostgreSQL replication

● Logical replication (one direction only)


● De-facto tool for
○ Data Movement
○ Migration
○ Low Downtime Upgrade
● Pglogical 2.2 available as binary and also now
available on Amazon RDS by popular demand

Pglogical and Postgres-BDR 3.5.1 https://www.2ndQuadrant.com


2ndQuadrant
PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

Pglogical
Releases and Plans

● Pglogical 2.2 available now


○ Supports PostgreSQL 11 and earlier
○ Will continue to be supported for 3 years
○ Much community interest and patches - thanks!

● Pglogical 3
○ Future architecture for PostgreSQL 12+
○ Many new features

Pglogical and Postgres-BDR 3.5.1 https://www.2ndQuadrant.com


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PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

Pglogical 3

● New architecture for performance


○ Split Receiver/Apply processes, so now 2 procs
○ Similar to WALReceiver/Startup process in
physical streaming replication
● Pluggable Architecture
○ Allows heterogenous Source(s)/Target(s)
○ Kafka, RabbitMQ targets available
○ Bulk-mode for high volume data loads
● Parallel initial copy on roadmap for pglogical 3

Pglogical and Postgres-BDR 3.5.1 https://www.2ndQuadrant.com


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PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

Postgres-BDR3
Future of multi-master database for PostgreSQL

● BDR is Bi-Directional Replication (BDR)


2-way/Multi-way logical replication

● Postgres-BDR3 runs on PgLogical3


● Coordinated code bases, operating as a full stack
● Streamlines feature development and support
● New feature releases quarterly

● BDR and pglogical 3.5.1 now available


Pglogical and Postgres-BDR 3.5.1 https://www.2ndQuadrant.com
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PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

Postgres-BDR
Trusted multi-master database for PostgreSQL

● Postgres-BDR 3
○ Future architecture

● Postgres-BDR 2
○ Upgrade path to BDR3 due 3Q2019
○ De-supported by mid 2020
● Postgres-BDR 1
○ Upgrade path to BDR3 due 1Q2019
○ De-supported by end 2019

Pglogical and Postgres-BDR 3.5.1 https://www.2ndQuadrant.com


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PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

Postgres-BDR3
Future of multi-master database for PostgreSQL

● Postgres-BDR Standard Edition


○ Runs as an Extension on
Community PostgreSQL 10+

● Postgres-BDR Enterprise Edition


○ Runs as an Extension,
using minimal additional features in
2ndQuadrant PostgreSQL 11+

Pglogical and Postgres-BDR 3.5.1 https://www.2ndQuadrant.com


2ndQuadrant
PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

Using Postgres-BDR
Transparent multi-master database for PostgreSQL

● Connect to any node


● Read and Write SQL like standard PostgreSQL
● Create/Manage tables like standard PostgreSQL

● Options to control which tables are replicated


● Some minor restrictions on DDL
● Design considerations for distributed database

Pglogical and Postgres-BDR 3.5.1 https://www.2ndQuadrant.com


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PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

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Writing to Postgres-BDR
Distributed database options

● Post-Commit Synchronization
Resolve issues after COMMIT
○ Conflict-Free Custom Datatypes (CRDTs)
○ Row-level Conflict Handling by default
○ Column-level Conflict Handling option
○ Logging and resolution of issues
○ Conflict Triggers

Pglogical and Postgres-BDR 3.5.1 https://www.2ndQuadrant.com


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Writing to Postgres-BDR
Distributed database options

● Pre-Commit Synchronization
Eager Replication avoids conflicts
○ All Nodes

● Avoids issues at COMMIT


○ Additional latency not desirable in many cases
○ Some transaction aborts in conflict cases

Pglogical and Postgres-BDR 3.5.1 https://www.2ndQuadrant.com


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PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

BDR Cluster Management


Enhancements for Distributed PostgreSQL

● Node Roles
○ Send/Receive Node (default)
○ Receive-Only Node
● Rep Sets (node subsets)
● Rolling Cross-Version Upgrades
○ One-by-one upgrades with zero downtime
○ Minimal APIs designed to allow upgrades
○ Across BDR releases and Postgres major releases
○ Fully tested to ensure compatibility

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PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

BDR Security
Cloud and High Security use cases
● BDR changes are applied as the table-owning user
● BDR functions do not need to be executed as
superuser, except for installation
● Default roles allow principle of least privilege
● Secure access to BDR catalog tables
for non-admin users

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BDR Robustness and Supportability


When it’s critical, you can count on us!

● Active-Active architecture offers Very High Availability


● Each master has multiple protection options
○ Logical Standby(s)
○ Physical Standby(s) (or both at once)
● Synchronous and asynchronous
Replication options
● Commit At Most Once option
● Trace facility for investigation of
complex bugs in distributed system

Pglogical and Postgres-BDR 3.5.1 https://www.2ndQuadrant.com


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PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

BDR Application Maintenance


DevOps Ease of Use
● Transparent handling of DDL for partitioned tables
● Optional modes for very detailed specification of node
targets, allowing DDL even with down nodes
● Allows differing indexes on different nodes,
allowing nodes for Business Intelligence and
New Application-Version Testing
● Stream Triggers for filtering and transformation

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PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

BDR Operations
Practical experience
● Clearly identify node state, even when disconnected
● Monitor current lag time and lag bytes, even for down nodes
● Options for controlling down-node effects
● Error handling and controls

● Postgres-BDR plugin for


OmniDB also available

● Postgres Cloud Manager


with cluster visualization
Pglogical and Postgres-BDR 3.5.1 https://www.2ndQuadrant.com
2ndQuadrant
PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

Postgres-BDR Plugin for OmniDB


Visual Administration
● Clearly identify node state, even when disconnected

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PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

BDR Performance
Real-World Production Performance

● Efficient logical replication


● Streaming of large transactions
● Efficient distributed sequences
● Fast node addition
● Choice of options for selecting appropriate
robustness and performance trade-offs

● Put data where its needed,


keep it fresh easily and automatically

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BDR Multi-node Query


Consistency and Performance

● Timestamp-based snapshots
● Allow consistent queries across nodes
even with real-time replication of data
● Data verification between nodes

● Multi-node parallel query (MPP) across


○ Local clusters with remote DR nodes
○ Geo-distributed clusters

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Full Stack Integration


Working together as one
● Fully integrated stack
○ Full automatic testing of operations and upgradability
○ 258 pages of detailed documentation
● Postgres-BDR, pglogical, 2QPG
● Repmgr, Barman
● PCISecurityPack and other tools
● OmniDB

● TPAexec Cloud/On-Premise Orchestration

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PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

Postgres-BDR3 Summary
Major new functionality, born out of production
experience

● Cluster Management
● Security
● Robustness and Supportability
● Application Maintenance
● Operations
● Performance

● Rapid, agile development from many user requests


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PostgreSQL Solutions for the Enterprise

2ndQuadrant
PostgreSQL Solutions

Website https://www.2ndquadrant.com/
Blog https://blog.2ndquadrant.com/
Email info@2ndQuadrant.com

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