Performance, cost and scalability are the key points in technology selection
For vector databases, users are most concerned about performance, cost and scalability.
Milvus 2.x has made scalability the first priority in design since Day 1, and has been implemented in billion to tens of billions of scenarios in many user environments. More than that, for Milvus, scalability not only means supporting tens of billions of vectors, but also supporting users to seamlessly and smoothly transition from millions to tens of billions. This is inseparable from Milvus cloud native and storage computing. Separate design support.
Of course, performance and cost often cannot have both, and one can only make a choice between them. Therefore, in an attitude of being responsible for users, we remind everyone: Milvus currently cannot solve these two problems at the same time, but what Milvus can do is provide users with more choices.
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Computing perspective: Milvus 2.3.x provides users with multiple computing options of GPU, X86, and ARM
For users who pursue ultimate performance, Milvus 2.3.x provides a GPU version. The GPU index has been optimized by Nvidia engineers and can be well adapted to the GPU. The performance is 3-10 times faster than the CPU version. However, the GPU cost Higher relative to CPU.
For cost-sensitive users, Milvus 2.3.x provides