Milvus
Milvus is an open-source vector database designed for storing, indexing, and searching massive-scale vector embeddings efficiently. It enables similarity search and AI applications by handling high-dimensional vectors, such as those generated by machine learning models for images, text, or audio. It supports various indexing algorithms and integrates with popular AI frameworks to power applications like recommendation systems, image retrieval, and natural language processing.
Developers should learn and use Milvus when building AI-driven applications that require fast and scalable similarity search over large datasets of vector embeddings, such as in e-commerce product recommendations, content-based image search, or chatbot semantic matching. It is particularly valuable in scenarios where traditional databases struggle with high-dimensional data, offering optimized performance for nearest neighbor searches and real-time analytics in production environments.