How to Select Index Parameters for IVF Index
Feb 26, 2020milvus
Summary
This post provides best practices for selecting index parameters for the IVF index type in Milvus. It details the impact of `index_file_size` on search performance and memory loading, and explains the roles of `nlist` (number of clusters) and `nprobe` (number of clusters to search) in balancing search performance, precision, and computation load. It includes experimental results and recommendations for setting these parameters.
More from the AI Data Storage Engine trail
- Milvus Snapshots: Point-in-Time Collection Views Without Copying Data
- Announcing Milvus 3.0: Lake-Native Vector Search and a More Powerful Retrieval Engine
- How to Recover Milvus Data After etcd Corruption Without a Backup
- Open Tag: An Open-Source Claude Tag for Claude Code and Codex
- How Force Merge Compaction Nearly Doubled Milvus Search QPS