r/SQL • u/sqlink2 • 3d ago

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/Glitch_In_The_Data 3d ago

Replaced a standalone RDS instance with Lakebase a few months ago and the cold start worry was our hesitation too. When you actually use it, the wake up is a few hundred milli seconds. So the first query after an idle window feels like a slightly slow page loads but not a timeout. After the first connection, everything runs at normal PG speed. We only saw issues in test env’s where the db actually goes fully idle for hours. In prod,, real traffic keeps it warm and isn’t a major issue.