How Timescale Replication Works: Enabling HA in PostgreSQL

Timescale has released early access to database replication, a highly requested feature that enables high availability (HA) in PostgreSQL. Database replication increases data availability and can improve performance by directing heavy read queries to the replica, freeing up resources for higher ingest rates or additional read queries on the primary database. Timescale automates the process of setting up replicas, making it easy for users to enable HA in their PostgreSQL databases. The company plans to add more functionality around database replication in the future, including multiple replicas per database service and greater flexibility around synchronous vs. asynchronous replicas.