# Optimization Strategy ## Overview Comprehensive optimization strategies for ruvector-postgres covering SIMD acceleration, memory management, query optimization, and PostgreSQL-specific tuning. ## SIMD Optimization ### Architecture Detection & Dispatch ```rust // src/simd/dispatch.rs #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy)] pub enum SimdCapability { AVX512, AVX2, NEON, Scalar, } lazy_static! { static ref SIMD_CAPABILITY: SimdCapability = detect_simd(); } fn detect_simd() -> SimdCapability { #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")] { if is_x86_feature_detected!("avx512f") && is_x86_feature_detected!("avx512vl") { return SimdCapability::AVX512; } if is_x86_feature_detected!("avx2") && is_x86_feature_detected!("fma") { return SimdCapability::AVX2; } } #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")] { return SimdCapability::NEON; } SimdCapability::Scalar } /// Dispatch to optimal implementation #[inline] pub fn distance_dispatch(a: &[f32], b: &[f32], metric: DistanceMetric) -> f32 { match *SIMD_CAPABILITY { SimdCapability::AVX512 => distance_avx512(a, b, metric), SimdCapability::AVX2 => distance_avx2(a, b, metric), SimdCapability::NEON => distance_neon(a, b, metric), SimdCapability::Scalar => distance_scalar(a, b, metric), } } ``` ### Vectorized Operations ```rust // AVX-512 optimized distance #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")] #[target_feature(enable = "avx512f", enable = "avx512vl")] unsafe fn euclidean_avx512(a: &[f32], b: &[f32]) -> f32 { use std::arch::x86_64::*; let mut sum = _mm512_setzero_ps(); let chunks = a.len() / 16; for i in 0..chunks { let va = _mm512_loadu_ps(a.as_ptr().add(i * 16)); let vb = _mm512_loadu_ps(b.as_ptr().add(i * 16)); let diff = _mm512_sub_ps(va, vb); sum = _mm512_fmadd_ps(diff, diff, sum); } // Handle remainder let mut result = _mm512_reduce_add_ps(sum); for i in (chunks * 16)..a.len() { let diff = a[i] - b[i]; result += diff * diff; } result.sqrt() } // ARM NEON optimized distance #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")] #[target_feature(enable = "neon")] unsafe fn euclidean_neon(a: &[f32], b: &[f32]) -> f32 { use std::arch::aarch64::*; let mut sum = vdupq_n_f32(0.0); let chunks = a.len() / 4; for i in 0..chunks { let va = vld1q_f32(a.as_ptr().add(i * 4)); let vb = vld1q_f32(b.as_ptr().add(i * 4)); let diff = vsubq_f32(va, vb); sum = vfmaq_f32(sum, diff, diff); } let sum_array: [f32; 4] = std::mem::transmute(sum); let mut result: f32 = sum_array.iter().sum(); for i in (chunks * 4)..a.len() { let diff = a[i] - b[i]; result += diff * diff; } result.sqrt() } ``` ### Batch Processing ```rust /// Process multiple vectors in parallel batches pub fn batch_distances( query: &[f32], candidates: &[&[f32]], metric: DistanceMetric, ) -> Vec { const BATCH_SIZE: usize = 256; candidates .par_chunks(BATCH_SIZE) .flat_map(|batch| { batch.iter() .map(|c| distance_dispatch(query, c, metric)) .collect::>() }) .collect() } /// Prefetch-optimized batch processing pub fn batch_distances_prefetch( query: &[f32], candidates: &[Vec], metric: DistanceMetric, ) -> Vec { let mut results = Vec::with_capacity(candidates.len()); for i in 0..candidates.len() { // Prefetch next vectors if i + 4 < candidates.len() { prefetch_read(&candidates[i + 4]); } results.push(distance_dispatch(query, &candidates[i], metric)); } results } #[inline] fn prefetch_read(data: &T) { #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")] unsafe { std::arch::x86_64::_mm_prefetch( data as *const T as *const i8, std::arch::x86_64::_MM_HINT_T0, ); } } ``` ## Memory Optimization ### Zero-Copy Operations ```rust /// Memory-mapped vector storage pub struct MappedVectors { mmap: memmap2::Mmap, dim: usize, count: usize, } impl MappedVectors { pub fn open(path: &Path, dim: usize) -> io::Result { let file = File::open(path)?; let mmap = unsafe { memmap2::Mmap::map(&file)? }; let count = mmap.len() / (dim * std::mem::size_of::()); Ok(Self { mmap, dim, count }) } /// Zero-copy access to vector #[inline] pub fn get(&self, index: usize) -> &[f32] { let offset = index * self.dim; let bytes = &self.mmap[offset * 4..(offset + self.dim) * 4]; unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts(bytes.as_ptr() as *const f32, self.dim) } } } /// PostgreSQL shared memory integration pub struct SharedVectorCache { shmem: pg_sys::dsm_segment, vectors: *mut f32, capacity: usize, dim: usize, } impl SharedVectorCache { pub fn create(capacity: usize, dim: usize) -> Self { let size = capacity * dim * std::mem::size_of::(); let shmem = unsafe { pg_sys::dsm_create(size, 0) }; let vectors = unsafe { pg_sys::dsm_segment_address(shmem) as *mut f32 }; Self { shmem, vectors, capacity, dim } } #[inline] pub fn get(&self, index: usize) -> &[f32] { unsafe { std::slice::from_raw_parts( self.vectors.add(index * self.dim), self.dim ) } } } ``` ### Memory Pool ```rust /// Thread-local memory pool for temporary allocations thread_local! { static VECTOR_POOL: RefCell = RefCell::new(VectorPool::new()); } pub struct VectorPool { pools: HashMap>>, max_cached: usize, } impl VectorPool { pub fn new() -> Self { Self { pools: HashMap::new(), max_cached: 1024, } } pub fn acquire(&mut self, dim: usize) -> Vec { self.pools .get_mut(&dim) .and_then(|pool| pool.pop()) .unwrap_or_else(|| vec![0.0; dim]) } pub fn release(&mut self, mut vec: Vec) { let dim = vec.len(); let pool = self.pools.entry(dim).or_insert_with(Vec::new); if pool.len() < self.max_cached { vec.iter_mut().for_each(|x| *x = 0.0); pool.push(vec); } } } /// RAII guard for pooled vectors pub struct PooledVec(Vec); impl Drop for PooledVec { fn drop(&mut self) { VECTOR_POOL.with(|pool| { pool.borrow_mut().release(std::mem::take(&mut self.0)); }); } } ``` ### Quantization for Memory Reduction ```rust /// 8-bit scalar quantization (4x memory reduction) pub struct ScalarQuantized { data: Vec, scale: f32, offset: f32, dim: usize, } impl ScalarQuantized { pub fn from_f32(vectors: &[Vec]) -> Self { let (min, max) = find_minmax(vectors); let scale = (max - min) / 255.0; let offset = min; let data: Vec = vectors.iter() .flat_map(|v| { v.iter().map(|&x| ((x - offset) / scale) as u8) }) .collect(); Self { data, scale, offset, dim: vectors[0].len() } } #[inline] pub fn distance(&self, query: &[f32], index: usize) -> f32 { let start = index * self.dim; let quantized = &self.data[start..start + self.dim]; let mut sum = 0.0f32; for (i, &q) in quantized.iter().enumerate() { let reconstructed = q as f32 * self.scale + self.offset; let diff = query[i] - reconstructed; sum += diff * diff; } sum.sqrt() } } /// Binary quantization (32x memory reduction) pub struct BinaryQuantized { data: BitVec, dim: usize, } impl BinaryQuantized { pub fn from_f32(vectors: &[Vec]) -> Self { let dim = vectors[0].len(); let mut data = BitVec::with_capacity(vectors.len() * dim); for vec in vectors { for &x in vec { data.push(x > 0.0); } } Self { data, dim } } /// Hamming distance (extremely fast) #[inline] pub fn hamming_distance(&self, query_bits: &BitVec, index: usize) -> u32 { let start = index * self.dim; let doc_bits = &self.data[start..start + self.dim]; // XOR and popcount doc_bits.iter() .zip(query_bits.iter()) .filter(|(a, b)| a != b) .count() as u32 } } ``` ## Query Optimization ### Query Plan Caching ```rust /// Cache compiled query plans pub struct QueryPlanCache { cache: DashMap>, max_size: usize, hit_count: AtomicU64, miss_count: AtomicU64, } impl QueryPlanCache { pub fn get_or_compile(&self, query_hash: u64, compile: F) -> Arc where F: FnOnce() -> QueryPlan, { if let Some(plan) = self.cache.get(&query_hash) { self.hit_count.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed); return plan.clone(); } self.miss_count.fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed); let plan = Arc::new(compile()); // LRU eviction if needed if self.cache.len() >= self.max_size { self.evict_lru(); } self.cache.insert(query_hash, plan.clone()); plan } } ``` ### Adaptive Index Selection ```rust /// Choose optimal index based on query characteristics pub fn select_index( query: &SearchQuery, available_indexes: &[IndexInfo], table_stats: &TableStats, ) -> &IndexInfo { let selectivity = estimate_selectivity(query, table_stats); let expected_results = (table_stats.row_count as f64 * selectivity) as usize; // Decision tree for index selection if expected_results < 100 { // Sequential scan may be faster for very small result sets return &available_indexes.iter() .find(|i| i.index_type == IndexType::BTree) .unwrap_or(&available_indexes[0]); } if query.has_vector_similarity() { // Prefer HNSW for similarity search if let Some(hnsw) = available_indexes.iter() .find(|i| i.index_type == IndexType::Hnsw) { return hnsw; } } // Default to IVFFlat for range queries available_indexes.iter() .find(|i| i.index_type == IndexType::IvfFlat) .unwrap_or(&available_indexes[0]) } /// Adaptive ef_search based on query complexity pub fn adaptive_ef_search( query: &[f32], index: &HnswIndex, target_recall: f64, ) -> usize { // Start with learned baseline let baseline = index.learned_ef_for_query(query); // Adjust based on query density let query_norm = query.iter().map(|x| x * x).sum::().sqrt(); let density_factor = if query_norm < 1.0 { 1.2 } else { 1.0 }; // Adjust based on target recall let recall_factor = match target_recall { r if r >= 0.99 => 2.0, r if r >= 0.95 => 1.5, r if r >= 0.90 => 1.2, _ => 1.0, }; ((baseline as f64 * density_factor * recall_factor) as usize).max(10) } ``` ### Parallel Query Execution ```rust /// Parallel index scan pub fn parallel_search( query: &[f32], index: &HnswIndex, k: usize, num_threads: usize, ) -> Vec<(u64, f32)> { // Divide search into regions let entry_points = index.get_diverse_entry_points(num_threads); let results: Vec<_> = entry_points .into_par_iter() .map(|entry| index.search_from(query, entry, k * 2)) .collect(); // Merge results let mut merged: Vec<_> = results.into_iter().flatten().collect(); merged.sort_by(|(_, a), (_, b)| a.partial_cmp(b).unwrap()); merged.dedup_by_key(|(id, _)| *id); merged.truncate(k); merged } /// Intra-query parallelism for complex queries pub fn parallel_filter_search( query: &[f32], filters: &[Filter], index: &HnswIndex, k: usize, ) -> Vec<(u64, f32)> { // Stage 1: Parallel filter evaluation let filter_results: Vec> = filters .par_iter() .map(|f| evaluate_filter(f)) .collect(); // Stage 2: Intersect filter results let valid_ids = filter_results .into_iter() .reduce(|a, b| a.intersection(&b).copied().collect()) .unwrap_or_default(); // Stage 3: Vector search with filter index.search_with_filter(query, k, |id| valid_ids.contains(&id)) } ``` ## PostgreSQL-Specific Optimizations ### Buffer Management ```rust /// Custom buffer pool for vector data pub struct VectorBufferPool { buffers: Vec, free_list: Mutex>, usage_count: Vec, } impl VectorBufferPool { /// Pin buffer with usage tracking pub fn pin(&self, index: usize) -> PinnedBuffer { self.usage_count[index].fetch_add(1, Ordering::Relaxed); PinnedBuffer { pool: self, index } } /// Clock sweep eviction pub fn evict_if_needed(&self) -> Option { let mut hand = 0; loop { let count = self.usage_count[hand].load(Ordering::Relaxed); if count == 0 { return Some(hand); } self.usage_count[hand].store(count - 1, Ordering::Relaxed); hand = (hand + 1) % self.buffers.len(); } } } ``` ### WAL Optimization ```rust /// Batch WAL writes for bulk operations pub fn bulk_insert_optimized( vectors: &[Vec], ids: &[u64], batch_size: usize, ) { // Group into batches for batch in vectors.chunks(batch_size).zip(ids.chunks(batch_size)) { // Single WAL record for batch let wal_record = create_batch_wal_record(batch.0, batch.1); unsafe { // Write single WAL entry pg_sys::XLogInsert(RUVECTOR_RMGR_ID, XLOG_RUVECTOR_BATCH_INSERT); } // Apply batch apply_batch(batch.0, batch.1); } } ``` ### Statistics Collection ```rust /// Collect statistics for query planner pub fn analyze_vector_column( table_oid: pg_sys::Oid, column_num: i16, sample_rows: &[pg_sys::HeapTuple], ) -> VectorStats { let mut vectors: Vec> = Vec::new(); // Extract sample vectors for tuple in sample_rows { if let Some(vec) = extract_vector(tuple, column_num) { vectors.push(vec); } } // Compute statistics let dim = vectors[0].len(); let centroid = compute_centroid(&vectors); let avg_norm = vectors.iter() .map(|v| v.iter().map(|x| x * x).sum::().sqrt()) .sum::() / vectors.len() as f32; // Compute distribution statistics let distances: Vec = vectors.iter() .map(|v| euclidean_distance(v, ¢roid)) .collect(); VectorStats { dim, avg_norm, centroid, distance_histogram: compute_histogram(&distances, 100), null_fraction: 0.0, // TODO: compute from sample } } ``` ## Configuration Recommendations ### GUC Parameters ```sql -- Memory settings SET ruvector.shared_cache_size = '256MB'; SET ruvector.work_mem = '64MB'; -- Parallelism SET ruvector.max_parallel_workers = 4; SET ruvector.parallel_search_threshold = 10000; -- Index tuning SET ruvector.ef_search = 64; -- HNSW search quality SET ruvector.probes = 10; -- IVFFlat probe count SET ruvector.quantization = 'sq8'; -- Default quantization -- Learning SET ruvector.learning_enabled = on; SET ruvector.learning_rate = 0.01; -- Maintenance SET ruvector.maintenance_work_mem = '512MB'; SET ruvector.autovacuum_enabled = on; ``` ### Hardware-Specific Tuning ```yaml # Intel Xeon (AVX-512) ruvector.simd_mode: 'avx512' ruvector.vector_batch_size: 256 ruvector.prefetch_distance: 4 # AMD EPYC (AVX2) ruvector.simd_mode: 'avx2' ruvector.vector_batch_size: 128 ruvector.prefetch_distance: 8 # Apple M1/M2 (NEON) ruvector.simd_mode: 'neon' ruvector.vector_batch_size: 64 ruvector.prefetch_distance: 4 # Memory-constrained ruvector.quantization: 'binary' ruvector.shared_cache_size: '64MB' ruvector.enable_mmap: on ``` ## Performance Monitoring ```sql -- View SIMD statistics SELECT * FROM ruvector_simd_stats(); -- Memory usage SELECT * FROM ruvector_memory_stats(); -- Cache hit rates SELECT * FROM ruvector_cache_stats(); -- Query performance SELECT * FROM ruvector_query_stats() ORDER BY total_time DESC LIMIT 10; ```