Overview of KubeBlocks Qdrant Addon

Qdrant is an open-source vector search engine and vector database designed for efficient similarity search and storage of high-dimensional vectors. It is optimized for AI-driven applications, such as semantic search, recommendation systems, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) in large language models (LLMs).

Key Features

Lifecycle Management

KubeBlocks simplifies Qdrant operations with comprehensive lifecycle management:

Feature	Description
Horizontal Scaling	Scale replicas in/out to adjust capacity
Vertical Scaling	Adjust CPU/memory resources for Qdrant instances
Volume Expansion	Dynamically increase storage capacity without downtime
Restart Operations	Controlled cluster restarts with minimal disruption
Start/Stop	Temporarily suspend/resume cluster operations
Password Management	Ability to set and manage custom root password for the Qdrant cluster during creation
Custom Services	Expose specialized database endpoints
Replica Management	Safely decommission or rebuild specific replicas
Version Upgrades	Perform minor version upgrades seamlessly
Advanced Scheduling	Customize pod placement and resource allocation
Monitoring	Integrated Prometheus metrics collection
Logging	Centralized logs via Loki Stack

Backup and Restore

KubeBlocks supports multiple backup strategies for Qdrant:

Feature	Method	Description
Full Backup	datafile	uses HTTP API `snapshot` to create snapshot for all collections.

Supported Versions

KubeBlocks Qdrant Addon supports these Qdrant versions:

Major Version	Supported Minor Versions
1.5	1.5.0
1.7	1.7.3
1.8	1.8.1,1.8.4
1.10	1.10.0

The list of supported versions can be found by following command:

kubectl get cmpv qdrant