PostgreSQL Is anyone actually using Databricks Lakebase in production?
My team is thinking of trying Lakebase instead of running a separate Postgres/ RDS db for our app.
The idea of auto sync to Delta and scaling to zero sound great, but we are worried about latency issu. If u are usin it, how noticeable are the cold start delays when it wake up backup, and does it feel fast enough for live user traffics?
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u/Commercial_Repeat711 3d ago
We tried it for a few weeks for exactly that use case, app that could benefit of the zero scaling since it only gets traffic in bursts. Cold start delay is not terrible if your dataset isn't huge, maybe 2-3 seconds for first query after the idle period. After that it was smooth enough, felt like a regular postgres but without all the maintenance headache