# Instaclustr announces PostgreSQL® on Azure NetApp Files storage [Blog](/blog/)>[Technology](/blog/category/technical/)>Instaclustr announces PostgreSQL® on Azure NetApp Files storage Instaclustr announces PostgreSQL® on Azure NetApp Files storage =============================================================== June 06, 2023 | By [ Chris Carter](https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/author/christopher-carter/) [ ](https://x.com/intent/tweet?text=Instaclustr%20announces%20PostgreSQL%C2%AE%20on%20Azure%20NetApp%20Files%20storage&url=https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/postgresql-on-anf-storage/) [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/postgresql-on-anf-storage/&title=&summary=Instaclustr%20announces%20PostgreSQL%C2%AE%20on%20Azure%20NetApp%20Files%20storage&source=) One year ago, [NetApp announced the acquisition of Instaclustr to “move up and shift left”](https://www.netapp.com/blog/netapp-moving-up-shifting-left/)–meeting the needs of developers by providing a PaaS that brings together the application management, optimization, and compliance services that organizations need to achieve speed to market, agility, and cost-effectiveness in the cloud. Today, we announce a major step towards realizing that vision with the full release of [Instaclustr for PostgreSQL](https://www.instaclustr.com/platform/managed-postgresql/)® on Azure NetApp Files (ANF). This release gives customers the benefit of blazingly fast IOPS of ANF storage to drive the highest possible levels of PostgreSQL performance, backed with the rock-solid reliability and industry-leading management of the Instaclustr Managed Platform. For organizations with high read/write workloads, the number of transactions per second (TPS) that a database can handle is a key performance metric and often requires more than standard cloud hardware can provide. This is especially important for large-scale databases such as those used by ERP or e-commerce platforms. With Instaclustr’s PostgreSQL-ANF, customers can enjoy a significant boost in TPS without needing to increase their instance size or storage. Our platform delivers higher IOPS out of the box, resulting in a remarkable upgrade in achievable TPS for our customers. Our testing, which utilized PGbench, has shown that read/write loads on our PostgreSQL-ANF using ANF premium storage can increase TPS by up to 325% compared with our previous platform. This result, while enabled by the performance of ANF, was only fully realized after we spent months performance-tuning with our PostgreSQL and storage experts—work that our customers can now benefit from immediately when provisioning a new cluster. ![]() **[Ben Bromhead](https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/author/benb/) | CTO Instaclustr** “For enterprise customers operating applications in the public cloud, NetApp and Instaclustr’s combined platform will offer an unparalleled solution for overcoming cloud complexities while eliminating vendor lock-in risks and the high costs of building and maintaining that same expertise internally.” The PostgreSQL on ANF nodes offer all same the benefits of the Instaclustr Managed Platform, including: - Fully open source - Provisioning via console, API, or Terraform - 24x7x365 monitoring and support - Automated backups - Continuous maintenance and version upgrades As we progress through our future roadmap, we will be taking advantage of the operational benefits of ANF storage—such as ultra-fast snapshots with no interruption to your PostgreSQL workload, database forking to perform testing or analysis, cross-region disaster recovery, and scalable disk performance to get the right speed required for your workload. Expect more updates as we deliver these exciting features! Start exploring Instaclustr’s PostgreSQL-ANF by simply creating a cluster in our [console](https://console2.instaclustr.com/) with just a few clicks or reach out to the Instaclustr [Sales team.](mailto:sales@instaclustr.com) Discover the compelling case for PostgreSQL on Azure NetApp Files [Download White Paper](https://www.instaclustr.com/resources/postgresql-on-azure-netapp-files/) ### About the author **[Chris Carter](https://www.instaclustr.com/blog/author/christopher-carter/)** | Principal Product Manager With extensive expertise in open source technologies, Chris drives innovation and excellence in the NetApp Instaclustr Managed Platform with a focus on Apache Kafka and Cassandra. With his passion for classical statistics and process improvement, Chris leverages his skills to ensure the integration of business strategy and direction into NetApp solutions. ![mail icon]()#### Get the latest articles for open sourceIn your inbox Sign up now ### Related content [ Zero Downtime Migration to Instaclustr Yes, we can migrate existing Cassandra clusters to Instaclustr without any downtime. 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