Introducing Qdrant 1.3.0

Qdrant 1.3.0 introduces several enhancements, including an asynchronous I/O interface designed to reduce context switch overhead by leveraging the io_uring interface for Linux-based systems, which speeds up disk operations by decoupling kernel tasks from I/O processes. The release includes oversampling for quantization to improve query accuracy and performance by compressing high-dimensional vectors in memory, allowing faster retrieval with parallel disk usage. A new grouping API lookup feature optimizes storage by enabling points to be searched across collections using group IDs, enhancing data management by allowing updates from a single point when shared data changes. The Qdrant Web UI provides a user-friendly dashboard for data management, and a temporary directory for snapshots can now be set on a faster disk to optimize cloud performance. Additionally, improvements in handling grouping API requests and faster read access with mmap have been implemented to enhance the overall reliability of Qdrant.