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For the same reason you have money going to various SQL-as-a-service companies that run Postgres / MySQL for you as a service: Some folks would rather eat the n
by heipei 3y ago
For the same reason you have money going to various SQL-as-a-service companies that run Postgres / MySQL for you as a service: Some folks would rather eat the network latency, give up control of their data and complicate their compliance process than operating a database themselves.
- pantulis 3y agoThe difference with SQL is that it's not like storing vector embeddings outside your perimeter suppose a big compliance issue --at least in security or legal terms. Giving up control of their data and network latency are legit concerns, that's for sure.
- gk1 3y ago(I'm from Pinecone) While Pinecone isn't available as a self-hosted option (see many comments with alternatives), we do offer the option of running Pinecone for you on a managed VPC, and we do have SOC2 compliance, and we do pass enterprise-level security reviews regularly. Whether that's sufficient is up to you of course.
- hiyou102 3y agoA lot of people use some form of managed services if they are in the cloud. Be it S3 or Dynamo DB. Generally cheaper than running things yourself and operationally much easier too.