At a high level, it consists of 3 components:
1️⃣ Object storage for durable trace data
2️⃣ A small Postgres metastore for segment metadata
3️⃣ Stateless ingestion, query, compaction services
Performance
Slow observability tools are a bottleneck in the agent development loop. Core LangSmith experiences are now up to 12x faster.
Portability
SmithDB is backed by object storage, making it easier to deploy in self-hosted multi-cloud environments.