Key Strategies for Preventive Maintenance of PostgreSQL
Xata Agent helps users to establish a failure prevention system through the following mechanisms:
- early warning system10+ pre-set thresholds for key metrics (e.g. WAL logs with less than 20% remaining space), support for sending real-time alerts via Slack/Email
- Trend analysis: Predict the point in time when resources will run out based on historical data, e.g., disk space will run out in 7 days at the current rate of growth.
- Configuration check: Periodically verify key parameters (e.g. fsync=on) and backup settings to ensure compliance with production environment requirements
- Spare parts monitoring(Configuration required): Automatic checking of replication latency and WAL synchronization status for HA architectures
Recommended Configuration:
1. Enable all monitoring projects for business-critical databases
2. Setting up multi-level alarm reception for at least 2 duty personnel
3. Monthly system checks using the "Generate Health Report" function
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