Milvus Vector Database
Milvus is a high-performance, open-source vector database specifically designed for GenAI applications and large-scale similarity search operations. It offers three deployment options:
Key Features
- Flexible Deployment: From lightweight Milvus Lite for prototyping to distributed deployment for production
- Scalability: Handles billions of vectors with minimal performance loss
- Easy Integration: Compatible with popular AI development tools
- Multiple Search Types: Supports RAG, image search, multimodal search, and hybrid search capabilities
Use Cases
- Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Image similarity search
- Large-scale vector similarity search
- Machine learning and deep learning applications
- Recommendation systems
Technical Implementation
- Python client library with simple API
- Supports both standalone and distributed architectures
- Available as self-hosted or fully managed cloud service (Zilliz Cloud)
- Optimized for high-dimensional vector operations
