timescaledb vs NULL vs pg_timeseries vs partman + pgcron + pg_ivm

On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM Achilleas Mantzios - cloud <
a.mantzios@cloud.gatewaynet.com> wrote:

Hi
<snip>
timescaledb seemed mature, but also exotic, allow me the term. No way to
use native logical replication, shortage of options to run on premise or
self hosted, which leaves us with those options :

<snip>

I cannot comment on the applicability of timescaledb in your context, but
running it on premise/self-hosted has posed no problems, at least on
Debian.

If I understood your query incorrectly, please ignore.

Amitabh

On 8/4/25 20:37, Amitabh Kant wrote:

On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM Achilleas Mantzios - cloud
<a.mantzios@cloud.gatewaynet.com> wrote:

Hi
<snip>
timescaledb seemed mature, but also exotic, allow me the term. No
way to
use native logical replication, shortage of options to run on
premise or
self hosted, which leaves us with those options :

<snip>

I cannot comment on the applicability of timescaledb in your context,
but running it on premise/self-hosted has posed no problems, at least
on Debian.

If I understood your query incorrectly, please ignore.

Thank you, I meant the paid/supported service not the community version.
Which of the two do you use?

On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM Achilleas Mantzios <
a.mantzios@cloud.gatewaynet.com> wrote:

On 8/4/25 20:37, Amitabh Kant wrote:

On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM Achilleas Mantzios - cloud <
a.mantzios@cloud.gatewaynet.com> wrote:

Hi
<snip>
timescaledb seemed mature, but also exotic, allow me the term. No way to
use native logical replication, shortage of options to run on premise or
self hosted, which leaves us with those options :

<snip>

I cannot comment on the applicability of timescaledb in your context, but
running it on premise/self-hosted has posed no problems, at least on
Debian.

If I understood your query incorrectly, please ignore.

Thank you, I meant the paid/supported service not the community version.
Which of the two do you use?

I use the community version.

I also use the free community edition on internal servers, but under Ubuntu. No issues and very good performance.
Brent Wood...

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On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 at 13:51, Amitabh Kant<amitabhkant@gmail.com> wrote: On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM Achilleas Mantzios <a.mantzios@cloud.gatewaynet.com> wrote:

On 8/4/25 20:37, Amitabh Kant wrote:

On Tue, Apr 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM Achilleas Mantzios - cloud <a.mantzios@cloud.gatewaynet.com> wrote:
Hi
<snip>
timescaledb seemed mature, but also exotic, allow me the term. No way to
use native logical replication, shortage of options to run on premise or
self hosted, which leaves us with those options :

<snip>

  I cannot comment on the applicability of timescaledb in your context, but running it on premise/self-hosted has posed no problems, at least on Debian. 
If I understood your query incorrectly, please ignore.
Thank you, I meant the paid/supported service not the community version. Which of the two do you use?

I use the community version.  

On 4/9/25 04:50, Amitabh Kant wrote:

Thank you, I meant the paid/supported service not the community
version. Which of the two do you use?

I use the community version.

On 4/9/25 05:23, Brent Wood wrote:

I also use the free community edition on internal servers, but under
Ubuntu. No issues and very good performance.

Brent Wood...

Thanks Amitabh abd Brent, how do you plan to cope with future upgrades
based on logical replication ? Do you run timescale on a
dedicated/separate system from the rest of your PostgreSQL cluster(s)?

On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM Achilleas Mantzios - cloud <
a.mantzios@cloud.gatewaynet.com> wrote:

On 4/9/25 04:50, Amitabh Kant wrote:

Thank you, I meant the paid/supported service not the community version.

Which of the two do you use?

I use the community version.

On 4/9/25 05:23, Brent Wood wrote:

I also use the free community edition on internal servers, but under
Ubuntu. No issues and very good performance.

Brent Wood...

Thanks Amitabh abd Brent, how do you plan to cope with future upgrades
based on logical replication ? Do you run timescale on a dedicated/separate
system from the rest of your PostgreSQL cluster(s)?

I don't use the inbuilt logical replication. I depend upon pgBackRest for
my backups. My database is mainly time series data, and runs on the same
systems.

Hi Brent

how do you plan to cope with future upgrades based on logical
replication ? Do you run timescale on a dedicated/separate system from
the rest of your PostgreSQL cluster(s)?

On 10/4/25 08:25, Amitabh Kant wrote:

On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM Achilleas Mantzios - cloud
<a.mantzios@cloud.gatewaynet.com> wrote:

On 4/9/25 04:50, Amitabh Kant wrote:

Thank you, I meant the paid/supported service not the
community version. Which of the two do you use?

I use the community version.

On 4/9/25 05:23, Brent Wood wrote:

I also use the free community edition on internal servers, but
under Ubuntu. No issues and very good performance.

Brent Wood...

Thanks Amitabh abd Brent, how do you plan to cope with future
upgrades based on logical replication ? Do you run timescale on a
dedicated/separate system from the rest of your PostgreSQL cluster(s)?

I don't use the inbuilt logical replication. I depend upon pgBackRest
for my backups. My database is mainly time series data, and runs on
the same systems.

thanks

Our Timescale dbs are on individual hosts, separate from our main Postgres servers.

So standalone systems to be upgraded individually as required.

Brent Wood

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NIWA
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Subject: Re: timescaledb vs NULL vs pg_timeseries vs partman + pgcron + pg_ivm

Hi Brent

how do you plan to cope with future upgrades based on logical replication ? Do you run timescale on a dedicated/separate system from the rest of your PostgreSQL cluster(s)?

On 10/4/25 08:25, Amitabh Kant wrote:
On Wed, Apr 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM Achilleas Mantzios - cloud <a.mantzios@cloud.gatewaynet.com<mailto:a.mantzios@cloud.gatewaynet.com>> wrote:

On 4/9/25 04:50, Amitabh Kant wrote:
Thank you, I meant the paid/supported service not the community version. Which of the two do you use?

I use the community version.

On 4/9/25 05:23, Brent Wood wrote:

I also use the free community edition on internal servers, but under Ubuntu. No issues and very good performance.

Brent Wood...

Thanks Amitabh abd Brent, how do you plan to cope with future upgrades based on logical replication ? Do you run timescale on a dedicated/separate system from the rest of your PostgreSQL cluster(s)?

I don't use the inbuilt logical replication. I depend upon pgBackRest for my backups. My database is mainly time series data, and runs on the same systems.
thanks
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Thank you Brent and Amitabh