Comment by epolanski

Comment by epolanski 13 hours ago

3 replies

Curious if the author tried the new Redis module that brings HNSW vector search to redis.

From what I've seen is fast, has excellent API, and is implemented by a brilliant engineer in the space (Antirez).

But not using these things beyond local tests, I can never really hold opinions over those using these systems in production.

antirez 11 hours ago

It's not a module, it is part of every new Redis version now. Well, actually: it is written in the form of a module and with the modules API in order to improve modularity of the Redis internals, but it is a "merged module", a new implementation/concept I implemented in Redis exactly to support the Vector Sets use case. Thank you for mentioning this.

mkesper 13 hours ago

It's fast...because everything needs to be in memory. Expect astronomical cloud costs even for mid-sized data requirements.

  • epolanski 11 hours ago

    I don't know what mid-sized data requirement is or how this is used in prod, but I have huge doubts that if performance is the need cost is the problem.

    Especially in the AI and startup space.