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Fighting PostgreSQL write amplification with HOT updates

by Derk van Veen & Dave Pitts, DBAs, Adyen

May 10, 2022
 ·  10 minutes

At Adyen, we use PostgreSQL as our preferred database and have been running (for many years) one of the largest implementations in the world. In this blogpost, our Database Architects detail how they have been able to mitigate one of its biggest technical challenges - write amplification.

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