How I designed PostgreSQL High Availability with Shaun Thomas from Tembo

Welcome to this week's episode of Simplyblock's Cloud Commute podcast! Host Chris Engelbert sits down with Shaun Thomas, affectionately known as "Mr. High Availability" in the Postgres community, to discuss his journey from a standard DBA to a leading expert in high availability solutions for Postgres databases. Shaun shares his experiences working in financial services, where he redefined high availability using tools like Pacemaker and DRBD, and the path that led him to authoring a comprehensive book on the subject. Shaun also talks about his current work at Tembo, an organization dedicated to advancing open-source Postgres, and their innovative approaches to high availability, including the use of Kubernetes and containerized deployments.

In this insightful interview, Shaun explains the complexities and necessities of high availability f ...