Lakehouse Research Base

Oct 24, 2026 · Big Data

Apache Paimon 2.0 Multimodal Lakehouse: BLOB, VECTOR, and Indexing Realities

This article analyzes Apache Paimon 2.0's multimodal lakehouse capabilities, distinguishing Object Table from BLOB storage, clarifying that VECTOR type alone doesn't enable similarity search, detailing indexing visibility pitfalls, and comparing lakehouse retrieval with dedicated vector databases like Milvus.