Scaling PostgreSQL without Microservices: Lessons from Notion’s 480 Shards

1. 1Analyze your database workload to identify bottlenecks and areas for optimization
2. 2Configure PostgreSQL for horizontal partitioning using sharding
3. 3Implement a sharding strategy using a library or framework like Postgres-XL or Citus
4. 4Test and monitor your sharded database for performance and scalability
5. 5Apply lessons from Notion's experience to your own database scaling challenges

Database administrators and engineers on a team can benefit from this article to improve their PostgreSQL scaling strategies, while developers can learn how to design more scalable database architectures

💡 Scaling PostgreSQL without microservices is possible using sharding, which can improve performance and reduce latency

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