[[["わかりやすい","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["問題の解決に役立った","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["その他","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["わかりにくい","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["情報またはサンプルコードが不正確","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["必要な情報 / サンプルがない","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["翻訳に関する問題","translationIssue","thumb-down"],["その他","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["最終更新日 2025-09-03 UTC。"],[[["\u003cp\u003eScaNN index employs tree-quantization to accelerate vector similarity scoring by pruning the search space and compressing index size.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eOptimal tree partitioning in ScaNN is crucial for achieving high query-per-second rates and recall in nearest-neighbor queries.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eAlloyDB ScaNN automatically reduces dimensionality using Principal Component Analysis (PCA) to enhance speed and minimize resource consumption for high-dimensional embedding datasets.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eAlloyDB ScaNN compensates for recall loss from PCA by initially ranking a larger pool of PCA'ed vector candidates and subsequently re-ranking them using the original vectors.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["Select a documentation version: 15.7.1keyboard_arrow_down\n\n- [Current (16.8.0)](/alloydb/omni/current/docs/ai/scann-vector-query-perf-overview)\n- [16.8.0](/alloydb/omni/16.8.0/docs/ai/scann-vector-query-perf-overview)\n- [16.3.0](/alloydb/omni/16.3.0/docs/ai/scann-vector-query-perf-overview)\n- [15.12.0](/alloydb/omni/15.12.0/docs/ai/scann-vector-query-perf-overview)\n- [15.7.1](/alloydb/omni/15.7.1/docs/ai/scann-vector-query-perf-overview)\n- [15.7.0](/alloydb/omni/15.7.0/docs/ai/scann-vector-query-perf-overview)\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nThis page provides a conceptual overview of improving vector query performance using AlloyDB AI's Scalable Nearest Neighbor (ScaNN) index. For more information, see [Create indexes and query vectors](/alloydb/omni/15.7.1/docs/ai/store-index-query-vectors?resource=scann).\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nThe ScaNN index uses tree-quantization-based indexing, in which indexes learn\na search tree together with a quantization (or hashing) function. When you run\na query, the search tree is used to prune the\nsearch space, while quantization is used to compress the index size. This pruning\nspeeds up the scoring of the similarity---in other words, the distance---between\nthe query vector and the database vectors.\n\nTo achieve both a high query-per-second rate (QPS)\nand a high recall with your nearest-neighbor queries, you must partition\nthe tree of your ScaNN index in a way that is most appropriate to your data\nand your queries.\n\nHigh-dimensional embedding models can retain much of the information at much\nlower dimensionality. For example, you can retain 90% of the information with\nonly 20% of the embedding's dimensions. To help speed up such datasets,\nthe AlloyDB AI ScaNN index automatically performs dimension reduction\nusing [Principal Component Analysis](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_component_analysis)\n(PCA) on the indexed vectors, which further reduces CPU and memory usage for\nthe vector search. For more information, see\n[`scann.enable_pca`](/alloydb/omni/15.7.1/docs/reference/scann-index-reference).\n\nBecause dimension reduction causes minor recall loss in the index, the\nAlloyDB AI ScaNN index compensates for recall loss\nby first performing a ranking\nstep with a larger number of PCAed vector candidates from the index. Then,\nScaNN re-ranks the PCAed vector candidates by the original vectors.\nFor more information, see [`scann.pre_reordering_num_neighbors`](/alloydb/omni/15.7.1/docs/reference/scann-index-reference).\n\nWhat's next\n\n- Learn [best practices for tuning ScaNN indexes](/alloydb/omni/15.7.1/docs/ai/best-practices-tuning-scann).\n- [Get started with vector embeddings using AlloyDB AI](https://codelabs.developers.google.com/alloydb-ai-embedding#0).\n- Learn more about the [AlloyDB AI ScaNN index](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/understanding-the-scann-index-in-alloydb?e=48754805)."]]
