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k-NN settings

The k-NN plugin adds several new cluster settings. To learn more about static and dynamic settings, see Configuring OpenSearch.

Cluster settings

Setting	Default	Description
`knn.algo_param.index_thread_qty`	1	The number of threads used for native library index creation. Keeping this value low reduces the CPU impact of the k-NN plugin, but also reduces indexing performance.
`knn.cache.item.expiry.enabled`	false	Whether to remove native library indexes that have not been accessed for a certain duration from memory.
`knn.cache.item.expiry.minutes`	3h	If enabled, the idle time before removing a native library index from memory.
`knn.circuit_breaker.unset.percentage`	75%	The native memory usage threshold for the circuit breaker. Memory usage must be below this percentage of `knn.memory.circuit_breaker.limit` for `knn.circuit_breaker.triggered` to remain false.
`knn.circuit_breaker.triggered`	false	True when memory usage exceeds the `knn.circuit_breaker.unset.percentage` value.
`knn.memory.circuit_breaker.limit`	50%	The native memory limit for native library indexes. At the default value, if a machine has 100 GB of memory and the JVM uses 32 GB, the k-NN plugin uses 50% of the remaining 68 GB (34 GB). If memory usage exceeds this value, k-NN removes the least recently used native library indexes.
`knn.memory.circuit_breaker.enabled`	true	Whether to enable the k-NN memory circuit breaker.
`knn.plugin.enabled`	true	Enables or disables the k-NN plugin.
`knn.model.index.number_of_shards`	1	The number of shards to use for the model system index, the OpenSearch index that stores the models used for Approximate Nearest Neighbor (ANN) search.
`knn.model.index.number_of_replicas`	1	The number of replica shards to use for the model system index. Generally, in a multi-node cluster, this should be at least 1 to increase stability.
`knn.advanced.filtered_exact_search_threshold`	null	The threshold value for the filtered IDs that is used to switch to exact search during filtered ANN search. If the number of filtered IDs in a segment is less than this setting’s value, exact search will be performed on the filtered IDs.
`knn.faiss.avx2.disabled`	False	A static setting that specifies whether to disable the SIMD-based `libopensearchknn_faiss_avx2.so` library and load the non-optimized `libopensearchknn_faiss.so` library for the Faiss engine on machines with x64 architecture. For more information, see SIMD optimization for the Faiss engine.