--- title: 13 Tips to Improve PostgreSQL Database Insert Performance description: This post provides 13 tips to improve PostgreSQL database insert performance, including using indexes in moderation, reconsidering foreign key constraints,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/13-tips-to-improve-postgresql-database-insert-performance-imwcvfxcc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: 13 Tips to Improve PostgreSQL Database Insert Performance | daily.dev og:description: This post provides 13 tips to improve PostgreSQL database insert performance, including using indexes in moderation, reconsidering foreign key constraints,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/13-tips-to-improve-postgresql-database-insert-performance-imwcvfxcc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/imWCvFXCC.png og:image:alt: 13 Tips to Improve PostgreSQL Database Insert Performance og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # 13 Tips to Improve PostgreSQL Database Insert Performance **[TigerData \(Creators of TimescaleDB\)](https://daily.dev/sources/tigerdata)** · 11 min read · 6 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This post provides 13 tips to improve PostgreSQL database insert performance, including using indexes in moderation, reconsidering foreign key constraints, avoiding unnecessary unique keys, using separate disks for WAL and data, and using performant disks. It also suggests using TimescaleDB to improve ingest performance and provides additional techniques for optimizing insert performance with TimescaleDB. The post emphasizes the importance of insert performance in real-time or high-volume databases and highlights the value of time-series data and application monitoring. It also provides resources for further learning and optimization of PostgreSQL performance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#database](https://daily.dev/tags/database), [#postgresql](https://daily.dev/tags/postgresql), [#timescaledb](https://daily.dev/tags/timescaledb) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/13-tips-to-improve-postgresql-database-insert-performance-imwcvfxcc) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"13 Tips to Improve PostgreSQL Database Insert Performance","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/13-tips-to-improve-postgresql-database-insert-performance-imwcvfxcc","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/13-tips-to-improve-postgresql-database-insert-performance-imwcvfxcc"},"datePublished":"2024-04-17T12:38:15.280Z","dateModified":"2024-05-09T08:29:02.242Z","description":"This post provides 13 tips to improve PostgreSQL database insert performance, including using indexes in moderation, reconsidering foreign key constraints,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9cebd834482aa9eb132a01bed62cb615?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/9cebd834482aa9eb132a01bed62cb615?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TigerData (Creators of TimescaleDB)","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TigerData (Creators of TimescaleDB)","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--bsnY3goS--/f_auto/v1756960371/squads/timescale?_a=BAMClqZW0","url":"https://daily.dev/squads/tigerdata"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/13-tips-to-improve-postgresql-database-insert-performance-imwcvfxcc","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"performance,database,postgresql,timescaledb","timeRequired":"PT11M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TigerData (Creators of TimescaleDB)","item":"https://daily.dev/squads/tigerdata"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"13 Tips to Improve PostgreSQL Database Insert Performance"}]} ```