Database Binpacking - Cost Effective Postgres Scaling

Vertical sharding is an appealing strategy for those managing massive scale Postgres monoliths. What was once a single point of failure becomes a fleet of independent, lower volume databases. But managing a large heterogeneous fleet comes with its own set of challenges. In this talk we will discuss the motivation, concepts, and pitfalls of binpacking, an architectural pattern deployed at Brex to reduce the toil and infrastructure costs of managing hundreds of Postgres databases.

Pizza is provided, and we also have a user group lending library of books & papers related to PostgreSQL and Databases.

Note that we're trying out a new location for the fall. For detailed directions (including where to park), look at this photo album from our September 2023 meetup:

• https://www.meetup.com/seattle-postgres/photos/33910274/

Poster for the Fall 2023 Series of meetups:

• https://www.meetup.com/seattle-postgres/photos/13662662/515201554/