Maintaining your PGD cluster
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EDB Postgres Distributed (PGD) provides a suite of tools and
methodologies for maintaining the health of your multi-master clusters,
keeping performance tuned and your data protected through regular
testing and backups.

- :ref:`Testing and tuning PGD clusters <Testing and tuning PGD clusters>`  - Guidance on benchmarking your distributed workloads
  using ``pgd-bench`` and optimizing system parameters for maximum
  throughput.

- :ref:`Backup and recovery <Backup and recovery>`  - Best practices for securing your data, including
  physical and logical backup strategies tailored for distributed
  multi-master topologies.

- :ref:`Monitoring the Connection Manager <Monitoring the Connection Manager>`  - Tracking cluster health through Postgres Enterprise
  Manager, SQL, and PGD Monitor’s built-in web UI, REST API, and
  Prometheus endpoint.

.. toctree::
  :maxdepth: 3

  lifecycle--testing-tuning
  lifecycle--backup-restore
  lifecycle--monitoring--index
  lifecycle--migrating--index