Running R Jobs with PostgreSQL Data

PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL (a.k.a. Postgres) is a free and open-source relational database management system that is widely used by developers. It is highly customizable and has many useful features for developers. PostgreSQL is one of the most widely-used free and open-source relational database management systems that focus primarily on SQL compliance and extensibility. PostgreSQL offers true community-driven development, extensibility, strong SQL compliance, and useful features such as table inheritance and function overloading.

R

R is a programming language that was created for statistical computing and graphics. It has become increasingly popular over the years because of its flexibility, ease of use, and powerful data analysis capabilities. R has a rich ecosystem with complex data models and elegant tools for data reporting. It offers a wide variety of statistics-related libraries and provides a favorable environment for statistical computing and design. R is especially popular among data scientists, statisticians, and researchers who work with large datasets. It is used for data analysis, statistical inference, machine learning algorithms, and data visualization. R can also be used for creating reproducible, high-quality research reports.

With the growing popularity of both PostgreSQL for data storage and R for compute workloads, it is unsurprising that many organizations are seeking to run R jobs with PostgreSQL data. Kaspian offers a native connector for this operation. Just register your PostgreSQL datastore and link your R job; Kaspian's autoscaling compute layer makes it easy to crunch through any data in your cloud with minimal setup or management.

Learn more about Kaspian and see how our flexible compute layer for the modern data cloud is already reshaping the way companies in industries like retail, manufacturing and logistics are thinking about data engineering and analytics.