Author | Nihal Jain Troubleshooting and identifying supportability issues in a complex database system can be a daunting task. However, with the advent of tools like gpsupport, the process has become much simpler and more efficient. gpsupport is a powerful diagnostic utility provided by VMware Greenplum that enables

Authors | Kevin Yeap & Brent Doil Introduction Greenplum Upgrade (gpupgrade) is a utility that allows in-place upgrades from Greenplum Database (GPDB) 5.x version to 6.x version. Version 1.7.0 boasts a significant performance improvement compared to earlier releases. These resulted from several key optimizations that were implemented while

Greenplum Database is a massively parallel processing (MPP) database designed for high-performance analytics and data warehousing. Similar to handling other MPP databases, it mandates routine query refinement, resource allocation adjustments, and data safeguarding. Within this blog post, we will delve into five indispensable guidelines tailored to the effective management of Greenplum.

Author | Wen Lin Introduction Greenplum is an open-source, massively parallel data warehouse designed for analytics and AI applications. Efficient data compression is vital in Greenplum to reduce storage space and improve query performance. Greenplum offers several techniques for compressing data, reducing storage costs, and improving query performance.

Author | Andrew Repp The release of Greenplum Database 7 (GPDB7) brings with it many new features, and each of them requires some thought to make sure we get the most out of them. Today, I want to talk about the tweaks we on the Greenplum Kernel team

Author | Brent Doil Introduction Greenplum Database utilizes Multiversion Concurrency Control (MVCC) to maintain data consistency and manage concurrent access to data. Transaction snapshots are used to control what data are visible to a particular SQL statement. When a transaction reads data, the database selects a specific version.