a persona-based guide
=====================

Use this guide to understand how to leverage EDB Postgres® AI and
analytics capabilities for your specific role. EDB Postgres AI provides
a powerful platform for a wide range of analytical needs. This guide
helps you focus on the capabilities that align with your goals.

Quickly find your role
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- :ref:`Database administrator (DBA) <Database administrator (DBA)>` 

- :ref:`DevOps engineer / site reliability engineer (SRE) <DevOps engineer / site reliability engineer (SRE)>` 

- :ref:`Data scientist / data analyst <Data scientist / data analyst>` 

- :ref:`Application developer <Application developer>` 

For details on how to implement and manage these solutions within EDB
Hybrid Manager (HM), see :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>`  .

Database administrator (DBA)
----------------------------

Focus on performance, reliability, cost efficiency, and manageability of
your database infrastructure.

Key objectives and Analytics Accelerator solutions
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Performance monitoring and tuning
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Identify slow queries, bottlenecks, and inefficient resource usage. Use
HM dashboards to monitor performance of EDB Postgres Lakehouse Nodes and
PGD clusters. :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>`  .

Storage management and cost optimization
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Manage large databases and historical data cost effectively. Use tiered
tables with PGD and EDB Postgres Lakehouse to offload cold data to
object storage (as Iceberg tables). :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>`  . Manage tiered tables
via HM.

Capacity planning
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Forecast storage and compute needs. Analyze historical growth patterns
and current utilization via Lakehouse and HM dashboards. Leverage the
separation of compute and storage in Lakehouse for flexible scaling.

Backup and recovery of analytical data
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Protect data in object storage and associated metadata. Follow Iceberg
catalog backup strategies and HM backup options. :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>`  .

Ensuring data accessibility for analytics
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Provide performant and secure access to data analysts and data
scientists. Use Lakehouse Nodes and PGD offloading to minimize impact on
transactional systems.

Recommended resources
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

- :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>` 

- :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>` 

- :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>` 

DevOps engineer / site reliability engineer (SRE)
-------------------------------------------------

Focus on automation, infrastructure management, scalability,
reliability, and observability.

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Key objectives and Analytics Accelerator solutions
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Automated provisioning and management
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Use Hybrid Manager to provision Lakehouse clusters and related resources
via the console, API, or CLI. :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>`  .

Scalability and elasticity
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Independently scale Lakehouse compute resources to meet demand.

Monitoring and observability
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Gain visibility into performance, health, and cost of analytical
systems. Use HM dashboards and logging. :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>`  .

CI/CD for data pipelines and analytical applications
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Integrate schema changes (Iceberg evolution) and data offloading via PGD
into CI/CD pipelines.

Cost management for cloud resources
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Track and optimize costs for object storage and analytical compute. Use
HM resource insights.

.. _recommended-resources-1:

Recommended resources
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

- :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>` 

- :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>` 

- :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>` 

Data scientist / data analyst
-----------------------------

Focus on extracting insights, building models, and answering business
questions.

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Key objectives and Analytics Accelerator solutions
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Accessing large and diverse datasets
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Query large datasets stored as Iceberg or Delta Lake tables via
Lakehouse Nodes. Use Python, R, SQL clients, and BI tools.

Data preparation and exploration
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Perform data filtering, aggregation, and transformation with SQL via
Lakehouse Nodes.

Working with open table formats
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Leverage schema evolution, time travel, and ACID transactions in Iceberg
and Delta Lake tables. :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>`  . :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>`  .

Integration with data science tools and frameworks
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Load Lakehouse query results into pandas, R data frames, or use with
Spark, TensorFlow, or PyTorch.

Query performance
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Accelerate analytical SQL queries with vectorized query engines in
Lakehouse Nodes.

.. _recommended-resources-2:

Recommended resources
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

- :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>` 

- :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>` 

- :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>` 

- :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>` 

Application developer
---------------------

Focus on building data-driven applications and embedding insights.

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Key objectives and Analytics Accelerator solutions
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Building applications with analytical features
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Use Lakehouse Nodes or PGD read replicas to provide reporting,
dashboards, and data exploration in applications.

Efficiently handling large reporting queries
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Offload large aggregation and historical data queries to Lakehouse
Nodes. Use tiered tables to direct historical queries to an analytical
tier.

Accessing data from a unified platform
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Provide consistent SQL access to both operational and analytical data.

Developing AI/ML-enabled applications
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Store and access ML model data using Lakehouse Nodes.

.. _recommended-resources-3:

Recommended resources
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

- :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>` 

- :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>` 

- :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>` 

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Explore these resources for more detailed guidance. For HM-specific
implementation steps, see :ref:`Analytics Accelerator for your role: a persona-based guide <#>`  .
