ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL - ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL Supports DuckDB-Based Analytical Instances
Sep 17 2025
ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQLDuckDB-based analytical instances provided by ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL accelerates complex SQL queries by automatically converting data from its native row-based format to a high-performance columnar format.
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Target customers: users who use ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL as their primary database for core business operations but experience slow performance with analytical SQL queries or need to run reporting and data analysis workloads. New features/specifications: 1. Customers can enable DuckDB-based analytical instances to accelerate complex SQL queries. 2. DuckDB-based analytical instances act as a columnar engine, enabling an HTAP architecture for RDS. These instances automatically transform replicated row-based data into a columnar format for analytics.