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That kind of exists thanks to NeonDB? https://neon.com

Althoug with them being recently acquired by Databricks it remains to be seen how the open source version will fare.

> That kind of exists thanks to NeonDB?

This is unrelated to NeonDB. OrioleDB has been acquired by Supabase. https://supabase.com/blog/supabase-acquires-oriole

Neon is indeed unrelated to OreoleDB, but Neon does also provide the separation of storage and compute in Postgres which GP asked about ("Postgres needs options for open-source separation of storage and compute"). A mention of Neon (which is Apache 2 licensed) therefore isn't totally unwarranted.

I understand Neon is open source and I think it’s an awesome product, but apart from the risks associated with longevity of open source once a company gets acquired - although the storage engine is open source, the control plane isn’t and is non-trivial to implement oneself. Orioldedb is positioned as a Postgres extension, which is must easier to setup (even on an existing operating database) than migrating to a completely different architecture that Neon provides.

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