Backing Up Qdrant Snapshots Correctly: From emptyDir to NFS Persistent Backups
Qdrant snapshots on emptyDir vanish on restart, and snapshots on the data PVC die with the disk. Here's the NFS-backed pattern that survives both.
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Your Vector DB Snapshots Are Landing on the Same Disk That Will Fail
Qdrant snapshots default to the same volume as your data. One disk failure takes both, and even a surviving snapshot can fail restore with a 400 error.
Cognitive Memory for Agents: Vector Search vs Activation-Based Recall
Comparing vector databases and activation-based memory for AI agents. Trade-offs in latency, scale, and interpretability.