Postgres data stored in Parquet on S3: LTAP architecture explained
Lakebasedatabase architecturemonolithic databaseswrite-ahead logdata filescloud servicesscalabilityhigh availabilityanalyticstransactions
Author: andrenotgiant
Date: 7/1/2026
Article Summary:
The article discusses the limitations of traditional monolithic databases and proposes a new architecture, Lakebase, that externalizes the write-ahead log and data files into independent cloud services, making it possible to scale writes and reads independently, achieve high availability, and run analytics on the same data as transactions.