Append-only tables

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Nikolay and Michael discuss append-only tables in Postgres — what they are, some unique challenges they bring, and some options for compressing / removing / offloading the data eventually.
Here are some links to things they mentioned:

Append-only https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Append-only
Our episode on BRIN indexes https://postgres.fm/episodes/brin-indexes
Tips to Improve Insert Performance https://www.timescale.com/blog/13-tips-to-improve-postgresql-insert-performance/
Our episode on WAL and checkpoint tuning https://postgres.fm/episodes/wal-and-checkpoint-tuning
autovacuum_vacuum_insert_scale_factor https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/runtime-config-autovacuum.html#GUC-AUTOVACUUM-VACUUM-INSERT-SCALE-FACTOR
Our episode about compression https://postgres.fm/episodes/compression
New project announced recently called BemiDB https://x.com/samokhvalov/status/1854726389603484145
pg_tier https://github.com/tembo-io/pg_tier

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