PostgreSQL
Database Services
PostgreSQL is an advanced open-source object-relational database system renowned for ACID reliability, complex query performance, extensibility (pgvector, PostGIS), and JSONB support. JusDB provides remote DBA, query tuning, Patroni high availability, and low-downtime migrations across RDS, Aurora, Cloud SQL, and self-hosted clusters. Availability and response commitments are defined in your service agreement; 24x7 on-call is available under your service agreement.
Your PostgreSQL cluster is the backbone of your product. When autovacuum falls behind or a bad plan causes a table scan at 3am, you need engineers who've already fixed that exact problem.
From a 6-second OLTP query to a low-downtime Oracle migration — we've diagnosed it, fixed it, and documented the runbook. PostgreSQL-native engineers, not generalists.
Assessed
Version and extension compatibility
30 minutes
P1 target with 24x7 on-call
2 to 4 hours
Business-hours initial-response target
PostgreSQL 16 · streaming repl
Patroni leader + 2 replicas
2.38k
99.8%
3ms
18%
Transaction Throughput
2.38k TPS[OK] autovacuum: orders processed, 0 bloat detected
[INF] streaming repl: WAL in sync, lag 0ms on node-02
[OK] pg_stat_statements: top query 2.1ms mean
[INF] pg_repack: orders_idx rebuilt online, no lock
Example monitoring view showing database activity and engineer actions. Uses sample data, not customer data.
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24
Supported database technologies
24x7
On-call coverage, under your service agreement
30 min
P1 initial-response target on 24x7 on-call
2 to 4 h
Initial-response target in covered business hours
Full-Spectrum PostgreSQL
Engineering
From a 6-second OLTP query to a low-downtime Oracle migration — we've seen it, fixed it, and documented the runbook.
Performance Tuning
Query plan assessment, index decisions, vacuum and bloat review, and validation against a representative workload baseline.
High Availability & DR
Patroni HA cluster design, replication, connection routing, and restore drills tested against your agreed recovery objectives.
Replication & CDC
Logical replication with pglogical, Debezium CDC pipelines, synchronous and async streaming replicas for read scaling and cross-region DR.
Cloud Migration
Low-downtime lifts to Aurora PostgreSQL, RDS, Cloud SQL, or Azure Flexible Server — via Ora2Pg, AWS DMS, or logical replication with rollback plans.
Managed DBA Service
Continuous automated monitoring, autovacuum health, bloat management, backup verification (pgBackRest/Barman), and capacity planning.
Security & Compliance
Row-level security, SSL/TLS enforcement, pg_audit, pgcrypto column encryption, and hardening for SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and GDPR.
From Slow to Blazing Fast
in Days, Not Months
We don't guess — we instrument. Our systematic approach combines pg_stat_statements, EXPLAIN ANALYZE, and bloat monitoring, with query latency measured against your baseline before and after every change.
Query Performance
After tuningIllustrative health scores · results depend on the workload
Queries We've Transformed
Click any card to reveal the fix.
6,240ms
8ms
Seq Scan — 4.8M rows
The fix
CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY ix_orders_user ON orders(user_id) INCLUDE (total, status)
8,100ms
29ms
1,800 round-trips from the ORM
The fix
Rewrote ORM cursor loop as a single JOIN with EXISTS predicate
12,800ms
18ms
Bad generic plan chosen at prepare
The fix
Set plan_cache_mode=force_custom_plan + pg_hint_plan override
Pre-Migration Assessment
Oracle → PostgreSQL 16
Estimated cutover window: < 5 minutes
Move to PostgreSQL
With Minimal Downtime
Cross-engine migrations need schema, routine, data-type, and application compatibility checks before cutover. We assess conversion tools such as Ora2Pg, identify manual work, select a source-compatible data movement method, and rehearse validation and application reconnection. The proposal records interruption, acceptance criteria, and rollback limits after target writes begin.
P1 to Resolved
Average: 13 Minutes
When a lock wait or autovacuum failure brings production down, every second counts. Our on-call DBAs follow a battle-tested runbook — from the first alert to root-cause fix, you see every step in real time.
pg_stat_activity: lock wait above 30s
A named PostgreSQL DBA responds within your agreement's initial-response target
An idle-in-transaction session holds a lock on orders; an ALTER TABLE queued behind it blocks new queries
Idle session ended with pg_terminate_backend(); idle_in_transaction_session_timeout set
Lock queue cleared and throughput back to baseline; post-incident review
Always On.
Engineered That Way.
We design and operate Patroni clusters that actually fail over — tested and rehearsed, with synchronous streaming replication and automated leader election. Availability targets are agreed per workload and written into your service agreement.
3/3
Nodes healthy
<28s
Failover RTO
0ms
Replica Lag
Remote PostgreSQL DBAs,
Wherever You Run
Our engineering team is in India; business-hours coverage is Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00 IST (UTC+5:30), and 24x7 on-call is available under your service agreement. No outsourced answering service — PostgreSQL DBAs who know your cluster.
IST
Engineering team time zone
24x7
On-call, under your service agreement
30 minutes
P1 initial-response target (24x7 on-call)
Named
Engineer owns each incident
Not Just DBAs. PostgreSQL SREs.
We tie every engagement to measurable SLOs, with failover drills, automated bloat monitoring, and post-incident reports with prevention plans scoped into your service agreement.
PostgreSQL-Native Engineers
Engineers who work on PostgreSQL internals daily: high-traffic OLTP, analytics, and time-series workloads.
Systematic Tuning Framework
pg_stat_statements analysis, EXPLAIN ANALYZE, and index strategy — not guesswork. Query latency is baselined before, and measured after, each approved change.
Tested Failover
We design Patroni HA architectures that survive node failures, and test them with failover drills and WAL-verified restores. Drill cadence and availability commitments are set in your service agreement.
Agreed Response Targets
Initial-response targets are 2 to 4 hours during covered business hours, Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00 IST (UTC+5:30). Where your service agreement includes 24x7 on-call, the initial-response target for P1 incidents is 30 minutes. Targets are not resolution guarantees. Escalation paths and runbooks are written into your service agreement.
Cloud-Native & Hybrid
Aurora PostgreSQL, RDS, Cloud SQL, Azure Flexible Server, and Kubernetes-based PostgreSQL — we architect for the deployment model your workload needs.
Compliance-First Mindset
Every engagement includes a security baseline review with pg_audit, row-level security, and SSL hardening aligned to SOC 2, HIPAA, and PCI DSS.
PostgreSQL Internals: Critical Failure Modes
The assessment checks workload-specific transaction age, vacuum progress, connection demand, and query plans. Proposed mitigations include prerequisites, approval gates, and measurements to validate the change:
Transaction ID (XID) Wraparound Catastrophe
Old transactions and insufficient vacuum progress can leave transaction IDs unfrozen. PostgreSQL runs anti-wraparound vacuum work and can refuse new transactions near its wraparound limit. Transaction age, multixact age, and long-running transactions need separate monitoring.
We tune autovacuum_freeze_max_age, vacuum_freeze_table_age, and provision dedicated freeze workers with aggressive cost limits before the emergency threshold is reached.
Autovacuum Starvation & B-Tree Index Bloat
High-churn OLTP tables accumulate millions of dead tuples because default autovacuum workers are throttled by restrictive vacuum_cost_limit settings. B-tree indexes bloat to gigabytes of dead leaf pages, blowing out buffer cache and forcing slow sequential scans.
We configure per-table autovacuum_vacuum_scale_factor thresholds, calibrate maintenance_work_mem, and rebuild bloated indexes online using pg_repack with planned brief exclusive-lock phases.
Patroni DCS Consensus Partitions & Replica Desync
Transient network latency or misconfigured DCS TTLs (etcd, Consul) cause heartbeat timeouts between Patroni nodes. Demoted primaries can diverge or experience cascading replication slot WAL accumulation if network partitions occur under heavy write bursts.
We harden Patroni DCS failover timeouts, enforce synchronous replication with strict quorum rules, and deploy automated replication slot WAL lag monitors.
Our PostgreSQL SREs execute read-only diagnostic queries to inspect active lock contention and autovacuum dead-tuple urgency without blocking production transactions:
SELECT blocked_locks.pid AS blocked_pid,
blocked_activity.usename AS blocked_user,
blocking_locks.pid AS blocking_pid,
blocking_activity.usename AS blocking_user,
blocked_activity.query AS blocked_statement,
blocking_activity.query AS current_statement_in_blocking_process
FROM pg_catalog.pg_locks blocked_locks
JOIN pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity blocked_activity ON blocked_activity.pid = blocked_locks.pid
JOIN pg_catalog.pg_locks blocking_locks
ON blocking_locks.locktype = blocked_locks.locktype
AND blocking_locks.database IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.database
AND blocking_locks.relation IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.relation
AND blocking_locks.page IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.page
AND blocking_locks.tuple IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.tuple
AND blocking_locks.virtualxid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.virtualxid
AND blocking_locks.transactionid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.transactionid
AND blocking_locks.classid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.classid
AND blocking_locks.objid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.objid
AND blocking_locks.objsubid IS NOT DISTINCT FROM blocked_locks.objsubid
AND blocking_locks.pid != blocked_locks.pid
JOIN pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity blocking_activity ON blocking_activity.pid = blocking_locks.pid
WHERE NOT blocked_locks.granted;SELECT relname,
n_live_tup,
n_dead_tup,
round(100.0 * n_dead_tup / nullif(n_live_tup + n_dead_tup, 0), 2) AS dead_tuple_pct,
last_vacuum,
last_autovacuum
FROM pg_stat_user_tables
WHERE n_dead_tup > 10000
ORDER BY n_dead_tup DESC
LIMIT 5;The Full PostgreSQL Ecosystem
We cover every flavour of PostgreSQL — from self-hosted Patroni clusters to every managed cloud offering.
Specialized PostgreSQL Services
Each service is its own craft. Pick the one you need — or let us assemble a program.
PostgreSQL Consulting
Architecture design, Oracle migration, security audits & health checks.
Learn MorePerformance Tuning
EXPLAIN plans, index strategy, bloat remediation, autovacuum.
Learn MoreMigration Services
Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server → PostgreSQL via Ora2Pg, AWS DMS, and logical replication.
Learn MorePostgreSQL DBA Support
Agreed incident response, monitoring, and proactive maintenance.
Learn MoreHigh Availability
Patroni clusters, streaming replication, and DR architecture.
Learn MorePostgreSQL Remote DBA
Ongoing PostgreSQL administration, recovery reviews, and controlled maintenance.
Learn MorePostgreSQL on Aurora
Aurora PostgreSQL cluster storage, Global Database, and Serverless v2 autoscaling.
Learn MorePostgreSQL on RDS
RDS Multi-AZ, Blue/Green deployments, read replicas, and parameter tuning.
Learn MoreCloud SQL for PostgreSQL
Regional HA, read replicas, IAM auth, and Database Migration Service on GCP.
Learn MoreAzure PostgreSQL Flexible Server
Zone-redundant HA, burstable tiers, read replicas, and Azure DMS migration.
Learn MoreCloud Migration
On-prem and cross-cloud PostgreSQL migration to RDS, Aurora, Cloud SQL, and Azure.
Learn MorePostgreSQL on Kubernetes
CloudNativePG, Zalando, and Crunchy operators with HA and rolling upgrades.
Learn MoreSecurity Audit
RLS, pgcrypto, authentication hardening, and CIS / PCI-DSS / HIPAA control mapping.
Learn MoreHow We Work Together
Three engagement models — pick the one that fits where you are right now.
PostgreSQL Assessment
Fixed scope, quoted after a scoping call
A deep-dive audit of your PostgreSQL environment. We deliver a written report covering performance bottlenecks, HA gaps, bloat health, security findings, and a prioritised remediation roadmap — within 5 business days.
Migration or Tuning Project
Scoped on call
A defined-scope engagement with clear deliverables — an Oracle migration, version upgrade, Patroni setup, or systematic performance tuning program. Fixed price once scoped.
Managed DBA Service
Monthly retainer
A dedicated remote PostgreSQL DBA team. Continuous monitoring, autovacuum health, bloat management, backup verification, capacity planning, and agreed incident response. Contract terms are set in your service agreement.
All engagements start with a free 30-minute scoping call. Book yours →
PostgreSQL service scope and shared responsibilities.
A written engagement defines JusDB’s database work, the platform’s capabilities, your team’s decisions, and the validation evidence needed for production changes.
| Engineering Dimension | JusDB scope | Managed platform | Your team | Validation evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vacuum, Query Plans & Indexing | Assess table churn, query plans, index tradeoffs, vacuum progress, and maintenance lock requirements. | Determine supported extensions, metrics, parameter controls, and maintenance facilities. | Provide workload peaks, critical queries, observation windows, and production approvals. | Record baselines, proposed changes, prerequisites, and before/after measurements. |
| High Availability & Recovery | Assess replication, consensus, fencing, routing, and application reconnection against agreed recovery objectives. | Provide service-specific failover, replication, backup, and restore mechanisms. | Set acceptable interruption and data-loss limits and approve drills. | Record observed RPO/RTO, restore checks, failure conditions, and open risks. |
| Schema Changes & Maintenance | Plan supported online operations with lock limits, cancellation criteria, and rollback conditions. | Determine supported DDL, extensions, access, and maintenance controls. | Approve application compatibility tests and change windows. | A reviewed change plan, execution record, and validation results. |
| Incident Response & Escalation | Define diagnostic access, escalation, incident communication, and response targets in the service agreement. | Operate the managed platform and provide the support coverage in its agreement. | Assign application owners, incident decisions, access, and production approvals. | Document the incident timeline, observed impact, actions, and follow-up owners. |
| Major Version Upgrades & Migration | Assess compatibility, method selection, rehearsal, validation, interruption, and rollback limits. | Publish supported versions, upgrade paths, replication capabilities, and platform restrictions. | Validate business behavior and approve cutover and recovery decisions. | A compatibility record, measured rehearsal, and agreed acceptance criteria. |
| Security & Evidence | Review authentication, TLS, audit trails, role privileges, RLS, and appropriate encryption options. | Provide documented network, identity, storage encryption, and audit capabilities. | Define applicable controls, access policies, approval owners, and evidence requirements. | Prioritized findings, configuration decisions, remediation checks, and remaining risks. |
Common Questions
Real answers from real PostgreSQL engineers — no sales fluff.
Do you provide 24/7 PostgreSQL DBA support?
What versions of PostgreSQL do you support?
Can you migrate from Oracle to PostgreSQL?
How quickly can you start?
Do you support Patroni HA clusters?
What tools do you use for query optimisation?
Can you do a major version upgrade (pg_upgrade) with minimal downtime?
Ready to Scale Your
PostgreSQL System?
Bring us your production PostgreSQL environment, from 100GB OLTP clusters to multi-TB analytics on Aurora PostgreSQL.
Scoped work
Written proposal
Controlled changes
Your approval gates
Clear handover
Records and operating instructions
Compare with Other Databases
JusDB operates production fleets across most major engines. If you're weighing alternatives, here are the most common ones our customers compare against.
MySQL
The most common migration origin and peer RDBMS. If you run legacy MySQL workloads or evaluate standard relational features vs Postgres's advanced indexing and JSON capabilities.
MongoDB
Teams moving between relational structure and flexible document models, or running a polyglot architecture with Postgres as the ledger and Mongo for polymorphic ingestion.
TimescaleDB
Built directly on PostgreSQL as an extension — the natural step when your Postgres instances hit time-series query scale bottlenecks.
CockroachDB
PostgreSQL wire-compatible distributed SQL database for global multi-region deployments when horizontal sharding becomes a priority.
Explore Our PostgreSQL Services
Comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions tailored to your enterprise database needs
PostgreSQL Consulting
Patroni HA, query tuning, architecture review & advisory by senior PostgreSQL DBAs
Learn morePostgreSQL Support
Enterprise PostgreSQL DBA support with agreed initial-response targets; 24x7 on-call available
Learn morePostgreSQL Remote DBA
Dedicated remote DBA services and proactive health checks, without a full-time hire
Learn morePostgreSQL Migration & Upgrades
Low-downtime major-version upgrades and migrations from Oracle, MySQL & SQL Server
Learn morePostgreSQL High Availability
Patroni clustering, replication, fencing and tested recovery objectives
Learn morePostgreSQL Performance Tuning
pg_stat_statements query analysis, EXPLAIN ANALYZE, index tuning & memory optimization
Learn morePostgreSQL Config Optimizer
Free browser-based postgresql.conf tuning tool for memory, connections & autovacuum
Learn morePostgreSQL Cloud Migration
AWS RDS, Aurora, GCP Cloud SQL & Azure Flexible Server migrations with cost optimization
Learn morePostgreSQL on Kubernetes
Production K8s deployments via CloudNativePG, Zalando & Crunchy Data operators
Learn moreTimescaleDB Consulting
PostgreSQL-native time-series database for IoT, metrics & financial data with 90-95% compression
Learn more