Service description

Version 2025.06.03

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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	See list of supported 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.}