Shaun M ThomasShaun M. Thomas has been working with PostgreSQL since late 2000. He is a frequentcontributor to the PostgreSQL Performance and General mailing lists, assisting other DBAswith the knowledge he's gained over the years. In 2011 and 2012, he gave presenations atthe Postgres Open conference on topics such as handling extreme throughput, highavailability, server redundancy, and failover techniques. Most recently, he has contributedthe Shard Manager extension and the walctl WAL management suite. Currently, he servesas the database architect at PEAK6 Investments, where he develops standard operatingprocedure (SOP) guidelines to facilitate reliable server architecture among many othertasks. Many of the techniques used in this book were developed specifically for this extremeenvironment. He believes that PostgreSQL has a stupendous future ahead, and he can't waitto see the advancements subsequent versions will bring.https Read More Read Less