Lakebase Postgres is built on object storage, but 99.99999% of reads never touch it

Lakebase Postgres is a database architecture built on object storage that decouples compute and storage to achieve high durability and scalability without sacrificing read performance. Production stats show that over 99.99999% of reads are served from local compute caches and pageserver NVMe, ensuring object storage never sits in the critical query path. The system uses local caching tiers and eager image layer creation to keep replay chains short and query latency low. Open article →