Understand Basics

Explanations about the common terms we use when discussing how to use Zilliz Cloud.

AUTOINDEX Explained [READ MORE]

Zilliz Cloud offers Performance-optimized and Capacity-optimized clusters. Because of their different purposes, building indexes on these clusters requires different approaches. To save users the trouble of tuning and tweaking index parameters, AUTOINDEX comes into play.

ANN Search Explained [READ MORE]

A k-nearest neighbor (kNN) search finds the k-nearest vectors to a query vector. Specifically, it compares a query vector to every vector in a vector space until k exact matches appear. Although kNN searches guarantee perfect accuracy, they are time-consuming, especially for large datasets comprising high-dimensional vectors.

Data Security [READ MORE]

Data security is a crucial aspect of any cloud platform, and Zilliz Cloud is no exception. To safeguard data, Zilliz Cloud provides robust measures in various aspects, including authorization and authentication, network isolation, encryption, and backup and restoration.