# Database (/docs/postgres/database)

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Overview of Prisma Postgres database operations, connections, pooling, backups, and query analysis.

Location: Postgres > Database

This section covers the operational side of Prisma Postgres: how to connect, how pooling works, how to inspect query behavior, and how to manage your database in development and production.

## Start here [#start-here]

* [Connecting to your database](https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/database/connecting-to-your-database)
* [Connection pooling](https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/database/connection-pooling)
* [Query Insights](https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/database/query-insights)

## Operations and maintenance [#operations-and-maintenance]

* [Backups](https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/database/backups)
* [PostgreSQL extensions](https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/database/postgres-extensions)
* [Serverless driver](https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/database/serverless-driver)
* [Local Postgres](https://www.prisma.io/docs/local-development/postgres)

## Related pages [#related-pages]

* [Prisma Postgres overview](https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres)
* [Troubleshooting](https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/troubleshooting)
* [FAQ](https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/faq)

## Related pages

- [`Best Postgres for AI apps`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/best-postgres-for-ai-apps): Why Prisma Postgres works well for AI and LLM workloads: built-in pooling, edge connectivity, pgvector, and MCP support.
- [`create-db`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/npx-create-db): Learn how to provision temporary Prisma Postgres databases with create-db
- [`Error reference`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/error-reference): Error reference documentation for Prisma Postgres
- [`Migrate a local Postgres database to a managed Postgres service (Prisma Postgres)`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/import-from-existing-database): Copy a PostgreSQL database from your laptop into Prisma Postgres with three commands, then keep every Postgres client you already use.
- [`Migrate from Early Access`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/postgres/migrate-from-ea-to-ga): Move your Prisma Postgres Early Access database to a new PostgreSQL 17 database with dump and restore.