Posts in 2023
  • SLA: Placebo or Insurance?

    2023-06-12 in Cloud Exit

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    In the world of cloud computing, Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are seen as a cloud provider’s commitment to the quality of its services. However, a closer examination of these SLAs reveals that they might not offer the safety net one might …

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  • v2.1: Vector Embedding & RAG

    2023-06-09 in Releases

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    v2.1.0 PostgreSQL 12 ~ 16 support and pgvector for AI embedding. https://github.com/Vonng/pigsty/releases/tag/v2.1.0 Highlight PostgreSQL 16 beta support, and 12 ~ 15 support. Add PGVector for AI Embedding for 12 - 15 Add 6 extra panel & …

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  • NewSQL: Distributive Nonsens

    2023-05-07 in Database

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    WeChat Column As hardware technology advances, the capacity and performance of standalone databases have reached unprecedented heights. In this transformative era, distributed (TP) databases appear utterly powerless, much like the “data middle …

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  • EBS: Pig Slaughter Scam

    2023-03-15 in Cloud Exit

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    We already answer the question: Is RDS an Idiot Tax?. But when compared to the hundredfold markup of public cloud block storage, cloud databases seem almost reasonable. This article uses real data to reveal the true business model of public cloud: …

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  • v2.0: Free RDS PG Alternative

    2023-02-26 in Releases

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    v2.0.0 “PIGSTY” is now the abbr of “PostgreSQL in Great STYle” or “PostgreSQL & Infrastructure & Governance System allTogether for You”. Get pigsty v2.0.0 release via the following command: curl -fsSL …

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  • RDS: The Idiot Tax

    2023-01-30 in Cloud Exit

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    As the season of layoffs hits big tech companies, cost-cutting and efficiency are top of mind. Public cloud databases, often referred to as the “slaughterhouse knives” of the cloud, are under increasing scrutiny. The question now is: Can …

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Posts in 2022
  • v1.5.0 Release Note

    2022-05-19 in Releases

    v1.5.0 Highlights Complete Docker Support, enable on meta nodes by default with lot’s of software templates. bytebase pgadmin4 pgweb postgrest kong minio,… Infra Self Monitoring: Nginx, ETCD, Consul, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, …

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  • v1.4.0 Release Note

    2022-03-31 in Releases

    v1.4.0 Architecture Decouple system into 4 major categories: INFRA, NODES, PGSQL, REDIS, which makes pigsty far more clear and more extensible. Single Node Deployment = INFRA + NODES + PGSQL Deploy pgsql clusters = NODES + PGSQL Deploy redis …

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Posts in 2021
  • v1.3.0 Release Note

    2021-11-30 in Releases

    1.3.0 [ENHANCEMENT] Redis Deployment (cluster,sentinel,standalone) [ENHANCEMENT] Redis Monitor Redis Overview Dashboard Redis Cluster Dashboard Redis Instance Dashboard [ENHANCEMENT] monitor: PGCAT Overhaul New Dashboard: PGCAT Instance New …

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  • v1.2.0 Release Note

    2021-11-03 in Releases

    v1.2.0 [ENHANCEMENT] Use PostgreSQL 14 as default version [ENHANCEMENT] Use TimescaleDB 2.5 as default extension now timescaledb & postgis are enabled in cmdb by default [ENHANCEMENT] new monitor-only mode: you can use pigsty to monitor existing …

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