PostgreSQL Database Services

CADENTIC designs, builds and runs PostgreSQL for businesses that want an open-source database with enterprise reliability. Whether you are starting fresh, inheriting an existing cluster or moving off Oracle, our database engineers take care of installation, day-to-day administration, tuning, high availability and migration, so your team can focus on the application.

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1Fresh Installation and Architecture

We plan and build PostgreSQL environments sized for your workload, on physical servers, KVM virtual machines or the cloud.

  • Capacity and layout planning: storage, memory and connection sizing, tablespaces and file-system choices.
  • Hardened installation: current supported PostgreSQL versions, secure defaults and documented configuration.
  • Connection management: PgBouncer connection pooling for busy applications.
  • Build pods: a dedicated team that delivers a complete database platform for a new project.

2Administration and Maintenance

Proactive, scheduled care keeps PostgreSQL healthy.

  • Routine maintenance: vacuum and autovacuum tuning, statistics, bloat control and index maintenance.
  • Monitoring and alerting: availability, replication lag, disk growth, long-running queries and locks.
  • Upgrades and patching: minor updates and major-version upgrades with tested rollback plans.
  • Active maintenance cycles: regular health reviews with clear recommendations.

3Performance Tuning

We find and fix what slows your database down.

  • Query analysis: execution plans, pg_stat_statements and slow-query logs.
  • Indexing strategy: the right B-tree, GIN, GiST or BRIN indexes, and removal of unused ones.
  • Configuration: memory, checkpoints, WAL and parallelism tuned to your hardware and workload.
  • Schema review: partitioning, data types and design changes that scale.

4High Availability, Replication and Backup

Your data stays available and recoverable.

  • Streaming replication: synchronous or asynchronous standbys, with read replicas where useful.
  • Automatic failover: cluster management with tools such as Patroni.
  • Backup and recovery: physical and logical backups with point-in-time recovery, using tools such as pgBackRest.
  • Tested disaster recovery: documented and rehearsed restore procedures against agreed recovery targets.

5Oracle to PostgreSQL Migration

We move Oracle workloads to open-source PostgreSQL without losing data or functionality.

  • Assessment: compatibility analysis and a migration plan with effort and risk.
  • Schema conversion: tables, constraints, sequences and data types converted with schema conversion tools.
  • Code rewriting: complex PL/SQL rewritten into PL/pgSQL, with packages, triggers and procedures reworked where needed.
  • Data migration and validation: bulk and incremental data movement with data-parity checks for a zero-loss cut-over.
  • Post-migration tuning: indexing and configuration optimised for PostgreSQL.

6Security and Compliance

  • Access control: roles, least-privilege grants, row-level security and authentication rules.
  • Encryption: TLS for connections and encrypted storage and backups.
  • Auditing: activity logging with extensions such as pgAudit.
  • Patching: timely security updates.

7How We Work With You

Start with a PostgreSQL health check, choose ongoing maintenance and support, or bring in a dedicated engineering pod for a build or migration. See our pricing or contact us to discuss your environment.