Brian Fehrle

DBA at Command Prompt

About

Brian has worked in the open source world since 2008. Starting as an apprentice, he quickly dedicated his efforts to becoming a seasoned professional, promoting PostgreSQL as the forefront of his career. He works to understand not just database systems but the applications powered by them as well.

As a serial hobbyist, he is a “jack of random trades” and is always wanting to learn something new. From Raspberry Pi projects to making soap, homebrewing, to cheese making. He is working toward a future in organic regenerative agriculture in a decentralized ecosystem.

Brian Fehrle has presented the following presentations

Upgrading the Mammoth at Postgres Conference 2025
Crafting the Best Path to Modernize Your Database
presented by Brian Fehrle
Is your Postgres install looking more like a Woolly mammoth these days? Getting behind on version upgrades is tough, and the farther behind you get the more work may be needed to make it work, but there's many options to get it done.
This talk's goal is to help learn how to solve the "yeah but" when addressing an upgrade. "Just run pg_upgrade" - "yeah but that will take 12 hours, I only hav...
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Thu 20 2025 Essentials