Working with Milvus

watsonx.data on IBM Software Hub

watsonx.data Developer edition

AWS

Adding a Milvus service
Milvus is a vector database that stores, indexes, and manages massive embedding vectors that are developed by deep neural networks and other machine learning (ML) models. It is developed to empower embedding similarity search and AI applications. Milvus makes unstructured data search more accessible and consistent across various environments.
Connecting to Milvus service
You can connect to a Milvus service by using a client program or a gRPC URI after provisioning Milvus as a service in IBM® watsonx.data through the web console.
Connecting to a Milvus service in watsonx.data developer edition
You can establish connection and start the Milvus service in IBM watsonx.data developer edition from a client program by following the steps in this procedure.
Stopping a Milvus service in watsonx.data developer edition
You can stop the running Milvus service in IBM watsonx.data developer edition from a client program by following the steps in this procedure.
Administering and managing various tasks in Milvus
Milvus is an open source vector database that is designed to efficiently handle large-scale vector similarity searches and storage. It empowers embedding the similarity search for AI applications. Milvus makes unstructured data search more accessible and consistent across various environments.
Configuring IBM watsonx.data Milvus in IBM watsonx.ai
If you are using IBM watsonx.ai, you can integrate Milvus vector database in watsonx.data through the Milvus connector in platform connections.
Integrating IBM watsonx.data Milvus with IBM watsonx Orchestrate
You can integrate watsonx.data Milvus with watsonx Orchestrate to enhance your AI application's search capabilities, scalability, and overall performance.
Birdwatcher debugging tool
Birdwatcher is a command-line debugging tool for Milvus. Using Birdwatcher, you can connect to etcd or Milvus or both and check the state of the Milvus system.
Configuring Milvus to run on GPU
In an existing Milvus service, you can configure index nodes and query nodes to run on GPU hardware.
Using the Milvus backup tool
The Milvus backup tool is a utility that is designed to back up and restore data from Milvus.
Using the Vector Transport Service
The Vector Transport Service (VTS) is an open-source tool designed specifically for the transformation and transportation of vector data.