nprobe
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nprobe is Number of clusters to search.
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- Speed[7]sourceall time · 8e356af0 5214 4a1f 8615 F270ae5ec1c9
- Recall[12]sourceall time · 683f6316 4a58 4421 A30b 960bbff9c514
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| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Number of clusters to search | [2] |
| Description | Number of clusters to probe during search | [3] |
| Description | The number of clusters to probe during search | [14] |
| Description | Number of clusters to probe during the search | [21] |
| Description | Adjust nprobe based on your performance needs | [24] |
| Description | number of probes | [25] |
| Has Value | 10 | [4] |
| Has Value | 10 | [8] |
| Has Value | 10 | [9] |
| Has Value | 10 | [10] |
| Has Value | 10 | [24] |
| Higher Value | Increased Accuracy | [5] |
| Higher Value | Decreased Speed | [5] |
| Higher Value | Increased Accuracy | [19] |
| Higher Value | Increased Latency | [19] |
| Controls | Number of Clusters to Search | [7] |
| Controls | Trade Off | [11] |
| Controls | Cluster Probing | [13] |
| Describes | Number of Probes | [1] |
| Describes | number of clusters to probe during search | [15] |
| Relates to | Nlist | [3] |
| Relates to | clustering | [15] |
| Effect on Accuracy | increasing improves accuracy | [13] |
| Effect on Accuracy | improves | [14] |
| Is Parameter of | Faiss | [15] |
| Is Parameter of | Faiss Index Configuration | [17] |
| Ex:affects | Search Accuracy | [16] |
| Ex:affects | Search Speed | [16] |
| Adjustment Direction | increase | [18] |
| Adjustment Direction | decrease | [18] |
| Represents | Number of Probes | [1] |
| Determines | Probed Clusters | [3] |
| Implements | Cluster Probing | [3] |
| Involves | Accuracy Tradeoff | [3] |
| Relationship | Accuracy Positive Search Speed Negative | [6] |
| Part of | Ivfpq Algorithm | [6] |
| Specific to | Ivfpq Index | [7] |
| Influences | Performance | [9] |
| Has Default Value | 10 | [10] |
| Balances | Recall Latency Tradeoff | [12] |
| Tradeoff Characteristic | accuracy-vs-computation-time | [13] |
| Effect on Search Time | increases | [14] |
| Increases | Search Time | [14] |
| Improves | Accuracy | [14] |
| Is Parameter | true | [14] |
| Trade Off | accuracy vs search time | [15] |
| Larger Value Improves | accuracy | [15] |
| Larger Value Increases | search time | [15] |
| Ex:description | Number of probes for search | [16] |
| Ex:requires | Experimentation | [16] |
| Correlates With | Query Time | [17] |
| Purpose | Speed Accuracy Balance | [18] |
| Recommended Initial Value | 10 | [18] |
| Requires Experimentation | true | [18] |
| Can Be Increased | true | [18] |
| Can Be Decreased | true | [18] |
| Adjustment Basis | Needs | [18] |
| Has Common Starting Point | 10 | [18] |
| Effect on Recall | Increase | [21] |
| Effect on Query Time | Increase | [21] |
| Controlled by | Create Ivfpq Index | [21] |
| Default | 10 | [22] |
| Assigned Value | 15 | [23] |
| Inverse of | Index Setting | [23] |
| Is Example of | Tunable Parameter | [24] |
| Type | int | [24] |
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References (25)
ctx:claims/beam/76cb900b-70ef-4915-b12d-e2d39a67e94ectx:claims/beam/cd357396-3d15-4187-a06d-464838aefe07- full textbeam-chunktext/plain1 KB
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### Using Quantization for Efficiency Quantization can further reduce the memory footprint and speed up the search process. FAISS supports various quantization techniques, such as PQ (Product Quantization). Here's an example using PQ: ``…
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# Perform search results = search(COLLECTION_NAME, query_vector, TOP_K) print(results) ``` ### Explanation 1. **Collection Creation**: - `create_collection`: Creates a collection with specified parameters, including dimensi…
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"dimension": dimension, "index_file_size": 1024, # Size of each segment file in MB "metric_type": METRIC_TYPE } milvus.create_collection(param) # Create an index def create_index(name, index_type, nlist): …
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- `efConstruction` and `efSearch` parameters control the construction and search phases, respectively. 2. **IVFPQ Index**: - `IndexIVFPQ`: Creates an IVFPQ index with a specified number of clusters (`nlist`), subquantizers (`m`), and…
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index = faiss.IndexHNSWFlat(128, M) index.hnsw.efConstruction = efConstruction index.hnsw.efSearch = efSearch index.add(vectors) # Measure initial performance start_time = time.time() distances, indices = search_similar_vectors(query_vecto…
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databases = ['Milvus 2.3.0', 'Faiss 1.7.3', 'Annoy 1.18.0', 'Hnswlib 0.9.2', 'Qdrant 0.8.1', 'Weaviate 1.14.0'] # Define the performance metrics to evaluate metrics = ['search_time', 'index_size', 'query_latency'] # Evaluate each database…
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- **Batch Inserts**: Use batch inserts to reduce the overhead of individual insert operations. ### 3. **Query Latency** - **Configuration**: Tune search parameters and use efficient indexing. - **Settings**: - **Search Parameters**: Ad…
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- **Search Parameters**: Adjust parameters like `nprobe` to balance between recall and latency. #### 3. **Concurrency Management** - **Worker Threads**: Increase the number of worker threads to handle more concurrent requests. - **Connecti…
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- **nprobe**: The number of clusters to probe during search. A larger value improves accuracy but increases search time. ### Additional Tips - **Quantization**: Consider using `IndexIVFPQ` for even more efficient indexing and search. - **…
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- **`nlist`**: The number of clusters. A larger value can improve accuracy but requires more memory and training time. - **`nprobe`**: The number of clusters to probe during search. A larger value improves accuracy but increases search time…
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faiss.omp_set_num_threads(4) # Adjust based on your system's capabilities # Create an IVFFlat index quantizer = faiss.IndexFlatL2(128) index = faiss.IndexIVFFlat(quantizer, 128, nlist, faiss.METRIC_L2) # Train the index index.train(vecto…
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index = faiss.IndexIVFPQ(quantizer, 128, nlist, m, nbits) # Train the index index.train(vectors) # Add vectors to the index index.add(vectors) # Set the number of probes index.nprobe = nprobe # Search for the nearest neighbors D, I = in…
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[Turn 4759] Assistant: Great! It sounds like you're ready to proceed with the `IndexIVFFlat` approach and fine-tune the parameters. Here are some additional tips and suggestions to help you optimize the search time: ### 1. Fine-Tuning `nli…
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[Turn 4917] Assistant: Sure, let's review your code and suggest improvements to optimize the performance of your Milvus cluster. Given your goal of achieving a search latency of under 200ms for 500K vectors, there are several areas to consi…
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- `nprobe`: Number of clusters to probe during the search. 2. **Training the Index**: - The `train` method is used to train the index on the dataset. 3. **Adding Vectors**: - The `add` method adds the vectors to the index. 4. **…
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index.nprobe = nprobe return index # Example usage: vectors = np.random.rand(10000, 128).astype(np.float32) index = create_ivfpq_index(vectors, nlist=200, m=8, nprobe=15) print(index.ntotal) # Test the index query_vectors = np.ran…
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- For large datasets, consider using `IndexIVFFlat` or `IndexHNSW`. These index types use approximate nearest neighbor search, which can be much faster for large datasets. ```python nlist = 100 # Number of centroids quantizer = …
See also
- Index Parameter
- Number of Probes
- Search Accuracy
- Parameter
- Search Performance
- Probed Clusters
- Cluster Probing
- Accuracy Tradeoff
- Nlist
- Number
- Increased Accuracy
- Decreased Speed
- Accuracy
- Speed
- Search Parameter
- Accuracy
- Search Speed
- Accuracy Positive Search Speed Negative
- Ivfpq Algorithm
- Number of Clusters to Search
- Speed
- Ivfpq Index
- Ivf Parameter
- Performance
- Trade Off
- Recall Latency Tradeoff
- Recall
- Search Precision
- Search Time
- Faiss
- Experimentation
- Faiss Index Configuration
- Query Time
- Search Parameter
- Speed Accuracy Balance
- Needs
- Latency
- Increased Accuracy
- Increased Latency
- Parameter Name
- Increase
- Create Ivfpq Index
- Index Setting
- Tunable Parameter
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