Service description
Version 2025.06.03
Our Managed Database service for PostgreSQL provides a secure, scalable, and maintenance-free environment for your applications. Each instance includes a pre-created database, supporting one database per instance, which is automatically provisioned at the time of creation. It's the ideal solution for teams looking to streamline operations and focus on development without managing infrastructure. Learn more
Regional availability
The product is delivered from the following locations:
dc-fbg1 (our Falkenberg DC, Sweden)
dc-sto1 (our Stockholm DC, Sweden)
dc-oul1 (our Oulu DC, Finland)
Technical specification
Customer self-service
Yes. Managed in Glesys Cloud and available via API
Engine version(s)
PostgreSQL version 16
Disk IOPS
12,000
PostgreSQL extensions
Database replication feature
No
Automated failover feature
No
Change engine version support
No
Root user privileges
No
User-specific database permissions
No
Encryption at Rest
No
Encryption in Transit
Yes (uses the TLS protocol)
Availability and access
By default, all traffic is blocked. As a user, you add IP addresses that are allowed to connect to the database.
Disk full failure prevention
Database instances automatically switch to read-only mode when the disk is almost full, with 3 GiB remaining. Preventing writes stops the disk from continuing to fill and keeps the instances available for reads. During the read-only mode, you can take measures to free more disk space.
Processing of personal data
Storage, transfer
Automated backup
Backup plan
One daily backup with 14-days retention
Custom schemes
No
Remote backups
Yes
Point-in-time recovery (PITR)
No
Predefined plans
Glesys offers a wide spectrum of plans to serve use cases that range in size from personal blogs to large datasets and high-transaction applications.
Please note that there is currently no feature in the UI to switch plans. However, users can utilize a SQL dump provided by us and restore it to a new instance with the desired resources.
vCPUs
Memory
Storage
Max. Connections
1
4 GiB RAM
25 GiB
100
1
4 GiB RAM
50 GiB
100
2
8 GiB RAM
50 GiB
200
2
8 GiB RAM
100 GiB
200
4
16 GiB RAM
50 GiB
400
4
16 GiB RAM
100 GiB
400
4
32 GiB RAM
150 GiB
800
4
32 GiB RAM
300 GiB
800
8
64 GiB RAM
150 GiB
1,600
8
64 GiB RAM
300 GiB
1,600
8
128 GiB RAM
150 GiB
3,200
8
128 GiB RAM
300 GiB
3,200
Monitoring
Monitoring is available via a Prometheus-compatible endpoint; however, customers must set up their own solution to store historical metrics. Access to systemd logs and the slow query log is not available.
Maintenance
You will be assigned a regular and recurring day and time each week for maintenance. Occasionally, Glesys performs maintenance tasks on the managed PostgreSQL database. These tasks typically include updating the underlying infrastructure of the database, such as patching the operating system, updating necessary libraries, or upgrading PostgreSQL itself. Glesys manages these maintenance tasks automatically. During maintenance, the database may experience a brief period of downtime, which can last up to 10 minutes.
Responsibilities
Infrastructure platform
Glesys
Database administration
Customer
SQL troubleshooting
Customer
PostgreSQL performance troubleshooting
Customer
Automated backups
Glesys
Backup verification
Customer
Backup recovery*
Customer
*Glesys provides the SQL dump.
Last updated
Was this helpful?