diff --git a/engine/clients/milvus/config.py b/engine/clients/milvus/config.py
index 48d26ed3..0c4da2ea 100644
--- a/engine/clients/milvus/config.py
+++ b/engine/clients/milvus/config.py
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
-from pymilvus import DataType
+import os
+
+from pymilvus import DataType, connections
 
 from engine.base_client.distances import Distance
 
 MILVUS_COLLECTION_NAME = "Benchmark"
 MILVUS_DEFAULT_ALIAS = "bench"
 MILVUS_DEFAULT_PORT = "19530"
+MILVUS_PASS = os.getenv("MILVUS_PASS", "")
+MILVUS_USER = os.getenv("MILVUS_USER", "")
+MILVUS_PORT = os.getenv("MILVUS_PORT", MILVUS_DEFAULT_PORT)
 
 DISTANCE_MAPPING = {
     Distance.L2: "L2",
@@ -25,3 +30,22 @@
     DataType.FLOAT: 0.0,
     DataType.DOUBLE: 0.0,
 }
+
+
+def get_milvus_client(connection_params: dict, host: str, alias: str):
+    h = ""
+    uri = ""
+    if host.startswith("http"):
+        uri = host
+    else:
+        h = host
+    client = connections.connect(
+        alias=alias,
+        host=h,
+        uri=uri,
+        port=MILVUS_PORT,
+        user=MILVUS_USER,
+        password=MILVUS_PASS,
+        **connection_params
+    )
+    return client
diff --git a/engine/clients/milvus/configure.py b/engine/clients/milvus/configure.py
index 85f2c774..ac3e5c48 100644
--- a/engine/clients/milvus/configure.py
+++ b/engine/clients/milvus/configure.py
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-from pymilvus import (
-    Collection,
-    CollectionSchema,
-    DataType,
-    FieldSchema,
-    MilvusException,
-    connections,
-)
+from pymilvus import Collection, CollectionSchema, DataType, FieldSchema
 from pymilvus.exceptions import DataTypeNotSupportException
 from pymilvus.orm import utility
 
@@ -17,7 +10,7 @@
     DTYPE_EXTRAS,
     MILVUS_COLLECTION_NAME,
     MILVUS_DEFAULT_ALIAS,
-    MILVUS_DEFAULT_PORT,
+    get_milvus_client,
 )
 
 
@@ -32,20 +25,18 @@ class MilvusConfigurator(BaseConfigurator):
 
     def __init__(self, host, collection_params: dict, connection_params: dict):
         super().__init__(host, collection_params, connection_params)
-        self.client = connections.connect(
-            alias=MILVUS_DEFAULT_ALIAS,
-            host=host,
-            port=str(connection_params.get("port", MILVUS_DEFAULT_PORT)),
-            **connection_params,
-        )
+        self.client = get_milvus_client(connection_params, host, MILVUS_DEFAULT_ALIAS)
         print("established connection")
 
     def clean(self):
-        try:
+        if utility.has_collection(MILVUS_COLLECTION_NAME, using=MILVUS_DEFAULT_ALIAS):
+            print("dropping collection named {MILVUS_COLLECTION_NAME}...")
             utility.drop_collection(MILVUS_COLLECTION_NAME, using=MILVUS_DEFAULT_ALIAS)
+            print("dropped collection named {MILVUS_COLLECTION_NAME}...")
+        assert (
             utility.has_collection(MILVUS_COLLECTION_NAME, using=MILVUS_DEFAULT_ALIAS)
-        except MilvusException:
-            pass
+            is False
+        )
 
     def recreate(self, dataset: Dataset, collection_params):
         idx = FieldSchema(
diff --git a/engine/clients/milvus/search.py b/engine/clients/milvus/search.py
index 1694fc37..a4204146 100644
--- a/engine/clients/milvus/search.py
+++ b/engine/clients/milvus/search.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     DISTANCE_MAPPING,
     MILVUS_COLLECTION_NAME,
     MILVUS_DEFAULT_ALIAS,
-    MILVUS_DEFAULT_PORT,
+    get_milvus_client,
 )
 from engine.clients.milvus.parser import MilvusConditionParser
 
@@ -23,12 +23,7 @@ class MilvusSearcher(BaseSearcher):
 
     @classmethod
     def init_client(cls, host, distance, connection_params: dict, search_params: dict):
-        cls.client = connections.connect(
-            alias=MILVUS_DEFAULT_ALIAS,
-            host=host,
-            port=str(connection_params.get("port", MILVUS_DEFAULT_PORT)),
-            **connection_params
-        )
+        cls.client = get_milvus_client(connection_params, host, MILVUS_DEFAULT_ALIAS)
         cls.collection = Collection(MILVUS_COLLECTION_NAME, using=MILVUS_DEFAULT_ALIAS)
         cls.search_params = search_params
         cls.distance = DISTANCE_MAPPING[distance]
diff --git a/engine/clients/milvus/upload.py b/engine/clients/milvus/upload.py
index 8c3768e1..032a0987 100644
--- a/engine/clients/milvus/upload.py
+++ b/engine/clients/milvus/upload.py
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
+import logging
 import multiprocessing as mp
 from typing import List
 
-from pymilvus import (
-    Collection,
-    MilvusException,
-    connections,
-    wait_for_index_building_complete,
-)
+import backoff
+from pymilvus import Collection, MilvusException, wait_for_index_building_complete
 
 from dataset_reader.base_reader import Record
 from engine.base_client.upload import BaseUploader
@@ -15,7 +12,7 @@
     DTYPE_DEFAULT,
     MILVUS_COLLECTION_NAME,
     MILVUS_DEFAULT_ALIAS,
-    MILVUS_DEFAULT_PORT,
+    get_milvus_client,
 )
 
 
@@ -31,12 +28,7 @@ def get_mp_start_method(cls):
 
     @classmethod
     def init_client(cls, host, distance, connection_params, upload_params):
-        cls.client = connections.connect(
-            alias=MILVUS_DEFAULT_ALIAS,
-            host=host,
-            port=str(connection_params.get("port", MILVUS_DEFAULT_PORT)),
-            **connection_params
-        )
+        cls.client = get_milvus_client(connection_params, host, MILVUS_DEFAULT_ALIAS)
         cls.collection = Collection(MILVUS_COLLECTION_NAME, using=MILVUS_DEFAULT_ALIAS)
         cls.upload_params = upload_params
         cls.distance = DISTANCE_MAPPING[distance]
@@ -61,7 +53,13 @@ def upload_batch(cls, batch: List[Record]):
         for record in batch:
             ids.append(record.id)
             vectors.append(record.vector)
+        cls.upload_with_backoff(field_values, ids, vectors)
 
+    @classmethod
+    @backoff.on_exception(
+        backoff.expo, MilvusException, max_time=600, backoff_log_level=logging.WARN
+    )
+    def upload_with_backoff(cls, field_values, ids, vectors):
         cls.collection.insert([ids, vectors] + field_values)
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/experiments/configurations/milvus-single-node.json b/experiments/configurations/milvus-single-node.json
index bffc0a1c..175965ef 100644
--- a/experiments/configurations/milvus-single-node.json
+++ b/experiments/configurations/milvus-single-node.json
@@ -5,19 +5,30 @@
     "connection_params": {},
     "collection_params": {},
     "search_params": [
-      { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 512 } },
-      { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 512 } }
+      { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 512 } },
+      { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 512 } }
     ],
     "upload_params": { "parallel": 16, "index_params": { "efConstruction": 100, "M": 16 } }
   },
+  {
+    "name": "milvus-m-16-ef-64",
+    "engine": "milvus",
+    "connection_params": {},
+    "collection_params": {},
+    "search_params": [
+      { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 512 } },
+      { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 512 } }
+    ],
+    "upload_params": { "parallel": 16, "index_params": { "efConstruction": 64, "M": 16 } }
+  },
   {
     "name": "milvus-m-16-ef-128",
     "engine": "milvus",
     "connection_params": {},
     "collection_params": {},
     "search_params": [
-      { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 512 } },
-      { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 512 } }
+      { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 512 } },
+      { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 512 } }
     ],
     "upload_params": { "parallel": 16, "index_params": { "efConstruction": 128, "M": 16 } }
   },
@@ -27,8 +38,8 @@
     "connection_params": {},
     "collection_params": {},
     "search_params": [
-      { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 512 } },
-      { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 512 } }
+      { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 512 } },
+      { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 512 } }
     ],
     "upload_params": { "parallel": 16, "index_params": { "efConstruction": 128, "M": 32 } }
   },
@@ -38,8 +49,8 @@
     "connection_params": {},
     "collection_params": {},
     "search_params": [
-      { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 512 } },
-      { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 512 } }
+      { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 512 } },
+      { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 512 } }
     ],
     "upload_params": { "parallel": 16, "index_params": { "efConstruction": 256, "M": 32 } }
   },
@@ -49,8 +60,8 @@
     "connection_params": {},
     "collection_params": {},
     "search_params": [
-      { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 512 } },
-      { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 512 } }
+      { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 512 } },
+      { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 512 } }
     ],
     "upload_params": { "parallel": 16, "index_params": { "efConstruction": 512, "M": 32 } }
   },
@@ -60,8 +71,8 @@
     "connection_params": {},
     "collection_params": {},
     "search_params": [
-      { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 512 } },
-      { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 512 } }
+      { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 512 } },
+      { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 512 } }
     ],
     "upload_params": { "parallel": 16, "index_params": { "efConstruction": 256, "M": 64 } }
   },
@@ -71,8 +82,8 @@
     "connection_params": {},
     "collection_params": {},
     "search_params": [
-      { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 1, "config": { "ef": 512 } },
-      { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 100, "config": { "ef": 512 } }
+      { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 1, "params": { "ef": 512 } },
+      { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 64 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 128 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 256 } }, { "parallel": 100, "params": { "ef": 512 } }
     ],
     "upload_params": { "parallel": 16, "index_params": { "efConstruction": 512, "M": 64 } }
   }
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index e022d87c..2746c4ab 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.5.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.3 and should not be changed by hand.
 
 [[package]]
 name = "annotated-types"
@@ -101,6 +101,17 @@ files = [
     {file = "backcall-0.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5cbdbf27be5e7cfadb448baf0aa95508f91f2bbc6c6437cd9cd06e2a4c215e1e"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "backoff"
+version = "2.2.1"
+description = "Function decoration for backoff and retry"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7,<4.0"
+files = [
+    {file = "backoff-2.2.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:63579f9a0628e06278f7e47b7d7d5b6ce20dc65c5e96a6f3ca99a6adca0396e8"},
+    {file = "backoff-2.2.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:03f829f5bb1923180821643f8753b0502c3b682293992485b0eef2807afa5cba"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "backports-zoneinfo"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -957,6 +968,7 @@ python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
     {file = "milvus_lite-2.4.7-py3-none-macosx_10_9_x86_64.whl", hash = "sha256:c828190118b104b05b8c8e0b5a4147811c86b54b8fb67bc2e726ad10fc0b544e"},
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+    {file = "milvus_lite-2.4.7-py3-none-manylinux2014_aarch64.whl", hash = "sha256:fcb909d38c83f21478ca9cb500c84264f988c69f62715ae9462e966767fb76dd"},
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 ]
 
@@ -1084,8 +1096,8 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 numpy = [
     {version = ">=1.20.3", markers = "python_version < \"3.10\""},
-    {version = ">=1.21.0", markers = "python_version >= \"3.10\""},
     {version = ">=1.23.2", markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\""},
+    {version = ">=1.21.0", markers = "python_version >= \"3.10\" and python_version < \"3.11\""},
 ]
 python-dateutil = ">=2.8.2"
 pytz = ">=2020.1"
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@@ -2100,4 +2123,4 @@ validators = "0.28.3"
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.8,<3.12"
-content-hash = "ffc0bfbf695bbc2771fd29828e8a76270b5eb01501be717f2464aa573f4a2d5e"
+content-hash = "1b9b35e85afb6e6aea3e688427e2a37e8b85fbd963eb32ac780ecf4891a245eb"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bc8b5c82..2ae4bc26 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ opensearch-py = "^2.3.2"
 tqdm = "^4.66.1"
 psycopg = {extras = ["binary"], version = "^3.1.17"}
 pgvector = "^0.2.4"
+backoff = "^2.2.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 pre-commit = "^2.20.0"