[Wolves] PostgreSQL talk

[Andy Jewell]

Hi Chris,

I'm definitely in. Points I am most interested in below.

If need be i can probably offer a venue (with WiFi, projector) in West Brom (our "Board Room"). 

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 * What is PostgreSQL and why do I love it

 * Performance tuning
     - performance configuration parameters
     - tuning for differing workloads
     - knowing when the planner is better than you
     - query optimisation
     - using EXPLAIN
     - benchmarking
     - statistics, the planner and autovacuum

 * Hardware issues and considerations
     - general tips for good database hardware

 * Replication and clustering
     - asynchronous vs synchronous
     - Slony, DRBD, HAProxy
     - upcoming features in V9.0
     - caveats

* Using PostgreSQL from your application
     - Java
     - Python (Maybe, if Alex would give me a hand)