HighGo PostgreSQL Server 1.4

Enterprise PostgreSQL Solutions

August 2020

Release Notes

HighGo Software Canada (a subsidiary of HighGo Software Inc) is ready to release an update for HighGo Postgres Sever (HG-PGSQL 1.4).  It contains all the changes included in PostgreSQL community release version 12.4 plus additional useful features unique to HG-PGSQL. Refer to “what’s new” section for additional details.

HG-PGSQL 1.4 is built on top of already feature-rich and powerful open-source database solution (PostgreSQL 12.4) and HighGo software is continuing to work closely with the PostgreSQL community release timeline and enhancing the features unique to HG-PGSQL.

With the release of HG-PSQL 1.4, HighGo Software is committed to delivering value to its end-users through innovation and building on top of open source-based database solution (PostgreSQL 12.4). Our goal is to deliver a solution with high performance, reliability, and ease of use for small, medium and large-scale enterprises. 

Update Highlight

This update is to notify you about the new software release of HG-PGSQL 1.4 which is based on PostgreSQL 12.4 release.

HG-PGSQL is built on top of open source community release of PostgreSQL 12 which is packed with many exciting new features and improvements. Partitioning functionality has been improved by introducing fast partition pruning along with additional partitioning improvements. There have been several general performance improvements as well, such as optimizations for b-tree and other indexes as well as automatic inlining of common table expression (CTE).

The PostgreSQL community has recently released an update for PostgreSQL 12, please refer to the link below for changes included in PostgreSQL 12.4 release:

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/release-12-4.html

In addition to changes from PostgreSQL 12.4 update, HG-PGSQL 1.4 contains the following unique features that were added to HG-PGSQL releases.

  • Parallel Backup                                                
  • Partitioning Enhancements
  • Shard Management

Please refer to the installation and user guide for more information on the new features and how to install the software in your system.