Managed PostgreSQL Hosting in Romania

Transactions in PostgreSQL, analytics in ClickHouse

PostgreSQL is excellent at orders, invoices, users and stock. It gets fragile when long reports and dashboards scan the same tables. We move the analytical load to ClickHouse, fed continuously by change data capture with Debezium, and let PostgreSQL do what it does best. In practice reports stop blocking writes, and queries over millions of rows return in a steady time instead of swinging from one hour to the next.

• Separate data models: transactional tables in PostgreSQL, aggregates in ClickHouse
• Continuous CDC with Debezium instead of manual file exports
• MergeTree tables with TTL and materialised views for recurring reports
• Partitioning by period, so history never slows the current month

Best practices we apply to databases

A database shows its quality at two moments: when traffic grows and when you have to restore. For both we keep a fixed checklist, applied at delivery and written into your documentation. We do not copy tuning parameters from forums. We apply the settings that prevent the common incidents, then test every hypothesis against your own data and queries rather than a generic benchmark that looks nothing like your traffic.

• Point-in-time restores rehearsed on a schedule, with recovery time measured and recorded
• Streaming replication and automatic failover through Patroni, with switchover verified
• PgBouncer connection pooling, so the application cannot exhaust the backends
• Least-privilege roles, TLS everywhere and no database port on a public IP
• Autovacuum and indexes tuned on real queries, not on defaults

Romanian context: e-invoicing, GDPR and reporting

Many Romanian teams reach ClickHouse for one reason: the volume of invoices and fiscal events has grown, and reports over the ANAF e-Factura history began to compete with daily operations. Keeping the data in Frankfurt simplifies the GDPR conversation with ANSPDCP and the Article 28 processing agreement. SCCs cover transfers, and our own operation is aligned with ISO 27001.

How the included hours fit

Database administration comes out of the monthly hours in your plan: 1–8 h on VPS, 5–10 h on dedicated servers depending on the plan, 10 h on GPU servers. You request the work in the client panel under DevOps Services and propose the deadline. A migration, a tuning campaign or a new replication setup usually fills a month, and since hours do not roll over we order the work by impact. Anything above the quota is accepted and billed separately.

How we work

1. Request it in the panel

   Describe the current database, its size and the queries that hurt, then propose a deadline under DevOps Services in the client panel.

2. We measure, then scope

   We measure first: sizes, indexes, slow queries. Then we tell you what tuning can solve and what really needs replication or ClickHouse.

3. We build it and test a restore

   We set up replication, backups and pooling, move reporting where it belongs, then run a full restore to validate the recovery time.

4. Handover with documentation

   You receive the schema notes, the applied parameters, the backup plan, the failover procedure and the restore-test report with the measured figures.

Use cases

Technology stack

• PostgreSQL 16
• Patroni
• PgBouncer
• pgBackRest
• ClickHouse
• Debezium
• Apache Kafka
• Grafana

Frequently asked questions

• ClickHouse vs PostgreSQL: which is better for analytics?

  ClickHouse, clearly, for aggregations over large volumes: it stores data by column and reads only the columns a query needs. PostgreSQL stays better for transactions, referential integrity and point lookups. In practice we run them together rather than choosing one.

• Is managed PostgreSQL worth it compared with self-hosting?

  Usually, once the database matters to revenue. Self-hosting costs engineering time for upgrades, failover, backups and tuning. With us that work comes out of the DevOps hours in your plan, while you keep full control of the data, the roles and the schema.

• How much does managed PostgreSQL hosting cost?

  It depends on the server tier and the operational work involved. Current prices are on the plans page, and part of the operations is already covered by the DevOps hours included in your plan. We scope the rest before you commit.

• Can PostgreSQL and ClickHouse share one server?

  Yes, at small volumes or while you validate the design, with separate resource limits for each. Once ClickHouse starts using a lot of memory for large queries, we split them onto different machines so a heavy report cannot disturb transactions.

• Where is the database hosted and who can reach it?

  In an EU data centre in Frankfurt. Administrative access uses keys over a private network or VPN, never a public port. You receive an Article 28 processing agreement and, for transfers, standard contractual clauses.

• How fast can the database be restored after an incident?

  It depends on the data volume and the kind of failure, so we do not quote a fixed figure before measuring. We run a test restore on your data, note the time it takes and put it in the documentation, so you know what to expect.