MemotivaRAG & Vector DB Interview: Milvus Architecture, Sharding, Indexes, GPU Support

How does Milvus support multi-tenancy?

RAG & Vector DB Interview: Milvus Architecture, Sharding, Indexes, GPU Support

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How does Milvus support multi-tenancy?

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Milvus supports multi-tenancy through three patterns at different granularities. Database-level isolation creates separate Milvus databases per tenant, giving the strongest isolation. Collection-level isolation creates one collection per tenant within a shared database, suitable for moderate tenant counts. Partition-key isolation shares a single collection across tenants and uses a partition key field to automatically route data, which works well for many small tenants. Choose based on tenant count, isolation requirements, and operational overhead you can accept. ---
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