You are optimizing search performance in Azure AI Search. You notice that vector queries are consuming excessive memory and slowing down. You decide to enable exhaustive k-NN fallback for specific queries. What does exhaustive k-NN do?
Exhaustive k-NN computes exact distances against all vectors to guarantee 100% recall.
Why this answer
Exhaustive k-NN performs an exact search over all vectors in the index rather than an approximate search using an HNSW graph, ensuring 100% recall at the expense of higher query latency.