--- title: "13 Tips to Improve PostgreSQL Database Insert Performance" url: https://daily.dev/posts/13-tips-to-improve-postgresql-database-insert-performance-imwcvfxcc source_url: https://www.timescale.com/blog/13-tips-to-improve-postgresql-insert-performance/ type: article source: "TigerData (Creators of TimescaleDB)" published: 2024-04-17T12:38:15.280Z updated: 2024-05-09T08:29:02.242Z tags: ["performance", "database", "postgresql", "timescaledb"] reading_time: 11 upvotes: 6 comments: 0 language: 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: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- 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)