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Re:pg_durable: Microsoft open sources in-database durable ex... by tjgreen on Friday June 05, 2026 @04:26PM (#48417733)
ParadeDB is AGPL so not generally available on the hyperscalars. However, you can use https://github.com/timescale/pg_textsearch on Azure HorizonDB (and likely soon Flex). Disclosure: I'm the pg_textsearch maintainer and now at Azure.

I didn't quite follow your comment about vector support, are you asking for something beyond what pgvector + diskann provide (both available on Azure)?

Re:pg_durable: Microsoft open sources in-database durable ex... by TuringNYC on Saturday June 06, 2026 @10:36AM (#48425549)
>> I didn't quite follow your comment about vector support, are you asking for something beyond what pgvector + diskann provide (both available on Azure)?

You dont support ultra-wide vectors from the largest embeddings models. We have to wierd stuff like chop up vectors across fields.

Re:pg_durable: Microsoft open sources in-database durable ex... by 0xCMP on Saturday June 06, 2026 @02:51PM (#48427792)
Some thing I've learned, but rarely seen explained anywhere: Storing the vectors is most likely not an issue, mostly likely you're having a problem with the indexes on top of them in which case you can use quantized vector indexes[0] (handled by pgvector) which will get past the limits imposed by PostgreSQL.

I had to switch off pgvecto.rs at some point and figured that out.

I don't have specific experience with the Azure environment here, but this probably applies if you have access to pgvector.

[0]: Types of indexes + number of bits supported at bottom of this section: https://github.com/pgvector/pgvector#hnsw

Re:pg_durable: Microsoft open sources in-database durable ex... by philippemnoel on Saturday June 06, 2026 @04:11PM (#48428545)
ParadeDB maintainer here :). We would happily make it available on Azure (and all other cloud providers!) if there were a way for us to earn a living in doing so.

Fyi, we are in discussion with some hyperscalers on making this possible.