Scaling Beyond Traditional Postgres Architectures with Azure HorizonDB
October 20–23
Get an introduction to Azure HorizonDB, Microsoft's new PostgreSQL service built on a shared-storage architecture. In this session, you'll see how separating compute and storage changes the way PostgreSQL systems can scale and enables capabilities such as rapid failover, elastic read scaling, and independent compute growth.
Rather than focusing solely on features, we'll explore the engineering decisions behind the architecture.
Through architectural walkthroughs and demonstrations, you'll gain insight into how HorizonDB approaches high availability, scalability, and operational resilience, as well as the lessons learned from building a cloud-native PostgreSQL service.
Whether you're operating PostgreSQL at scale today or simply interested in emerging database architectures, this session offers a practical look at one approach to solving common scalability and operational challenges in modern PostgreSQL environments.
