# cluster performance or compression

**URL:** https://forum.weaviate.io/t/cluster-performance-or-compression/1258
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 19, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/cluster-performance-or-compression/1258 "2024-01-19T11:57:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![xiaoyun\_su](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/xiaoyun_su/32/848_2.png) [@xiaoyun\_su](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/xiaoyun_su)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 11:57am UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/cluster-performance-or-compression/1258/1 "2024-01-19T11:57:36Z")

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I hope this message finds you well. I am currently using Weaviate , and I have been trying to ascertain the storage configuration of my Weaviate cluster, specifically whether it is optimized for performance or compression.

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### Author: ![DudaNogueira](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/forum.weaviate.io/dudanogueira/32/7846_2.png) [@DudaNogueira](https://forum.weaviate.io/u/DudaNogueira)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://forum.weaviate.io/t/cluster-performance-or-compression/1258/2 "2024-01-19T12:58:31Z")

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Hi @xiaoyun_su ! Welcome to our community 🙂

Have you seen this blog post about PQ/compression?

> **[How to Reduce Memory Requirements by up to 90%+ using Product Quantization |...](https://weaviate.io/blog/pq-rescoring)**
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> The details behind how you can compress vectors using PQ with little loss of recall!

Let me know what we can help you with. Thanks!