Shard With One Command | Scaling Postgres 413
From Scaling Postgres by Creston Jamison
April 19, 2026 · 20 min · Episode 413
About this episode
This episode discusses sharding databases with one command and covers various Postgres performance topics.
In this episode of Scaling Postgres, we discuss sharding your database with one command, more information about the Linux 7 Postgres performance regression, Xata going open source, and checkpoints and WAL storms. To get the show notes as well as get notified of new episodes, visit: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/episodes/413-shard-with-one-command/ Want to learn more about Postgres performance? Join my FREE training called Postgres Performance Demystified here: https://www.scalingpostgres.com/courses/postgres-performance-demystified/
People in this episode
Host: Creston Jamison
Topics covered
- sharding
- Postgres performance
- Linux performance regression
- open source
- checkpoints
- WAL storms
Keywords
- sharding
- Postgres
- performance regression
- open source
- checkpoints
- WAL storms
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Xata, Linux
Books & works: Scaling Postgres
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