[FEA] API for index merges
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feature request
- Dominant language
- Cuda
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- 854
- Forks
- 236
- Avg merge
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Description
A common operation that's needed from some vector database architectures is the ability to merge two or more indexes into a single larger index. This is something that we should abstract behind a cuVS API so that we can continue to improve its performance over time.
(cc @benfred @tfeher @akiranaruse as I know we've discussed this in the past)
Contributor guide
First steps
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reviewing the existing cuVS index APIs and the prior discussion referenced by the tagged maintainers; the work is complete when a defined API supports merging two or more indexes and its behavior is validated.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- backend-api-design, databases
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 20/100