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The Cost of PostgreSQL Constraints at High Ingestion Rates

Explore the challenges of PostgreSQL constraints during high ingestion rates and potential solutions.

The impact of FOREIGN KEY and UNIQUE constraints in PostgreSQL is becoming evident at high data ingestion rates, leading to performance issues. These constraints add overhead to each insert operation, affecting overall database performance. Various strategies have been proposed to mitigate these effects in high-frequency workloads.

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