diff --git a/knowhere/index/vector_index/ConfAdapter.cpp b/knowhere/index/vector_index/ConfAdapter.cpp
index 5a9591313..232faed14 100644
--- a/knowhere/index/vector_index/ConfAdapter.cpp
+++ b/knowhere/index/vector_index/ConfAdapter.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ static const int64_t HNSW_MIN_EFCONSTRUCTION = 8;
 static const int64_t HNSW_MAX_EFCONSTRUCTION = 512;
 static const int64_t HNSW_MIN_M = 4;
 static const int64_t HNSW_MAX_M = 64;
-static const int64_t HNSW_MAX_EF = 32768;
 
 static const std::vector<MetricType> default_metric_array{metric::L2, metric::IP};
 static const std::vector<MetricType> default_binary_metric_array{metric::HAMMING, metric::JACCARD, metric::TANIMOTO,
@@ -237,14 +236,7 @@ HNSWConfAdapter::CheckTrain(Config& cfg, const IndexMode mode) {
 
 bool
 HNSWConfAdapter::CheckSearch(Config& cfg, const IndexType type, const IndexMode mode) {
-    auto topk = GetMetaTopk(cfg);
-    if (topk < HNSW_MAX_EF) {
-        // normal case if topk is not large
-        CheckIntegerRange(cfg, indexparam::EF, GetMetaTopk(cfg), HNSW_MAX_EF);
-    } else {
-        // if topk is large
-        CheckIntegerRange(cfg, indexparam::EF, topk, topk * 2);
-    }
+    CheckIntegerRange(cfg, indexparam::EF, GetMetaTopk(cfg), std::numeric_limits<int64_t>::max());
     return ConfAdapter::CheckSearch(cfg, type, mode);
 }
 
diff --git a/knowhere/index/vector_index/IndexDiskANNConfig.cpp b/knowhere/index/vector_index/IndexDiskANNConfig.cpp
index 07eb16847..a909eb7fa 100644
--- a/knowhere/index/vector_index/IndexDiskANNConfig.cpp
+++ b/knowhere/index/vector_index/IndexDiskANNConfig.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include "knowhere/index/vector_index/IndexDiskANNConfig.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <limits>
 #include <optional>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -63,8 +64,9 @@ static constexpr uint32_t kBuildNumThreadsMinValue = 1;
 static constexpr uint32_t kBuildNumThreadsMaxValue = 128;
 static constexpr uint32_t kDiskPqBytesMinValue = 0;
 static constexpr std::optional<uint32_t> kDiskPqBytesMaxValue = std::nullopt;
-static constexpr uint32_t kSearchListSizeMaxValue = 200;
-static constexpr uint32_t kKThreshold = 16;
+static constexpr std::optional<uint32_t> kSearchListSizeMaxValue = std::nullopt;
+static constexpr uint32_t kDefaultSearchListSizeDivider = 16;
+static constexpr uint32_t kInvalideSearchListSize = 0;
 static constexpr uint32_t kBeamwidthMinValue = 1;
 static constexpr uint32_t kBeamwidthMaxValue = 128;
 static constexpr float kFilterThresholdMinValue = -1;
@@ -142,6 +144,17 @@ CheckNumericParamAndSet(const Config& config, const std::string& key, std::optio
     config.at(key).get_to(to_be_set);
 }
 
+template <typename T>
+void
+CheckNumericParamAndSetWithDefault(const Config& config, const std::string& key, std::optional<T> min_o,
+                                   std::optional<T> max_o, T default_value, T& to_be_set) {
+    if (!config.contains(key)) {
+        to_be_set = default_value;
+        return;
+    }
+    CheckNumericParamAndSet(config, key, min_o, max_o, to_be_set);
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief Check the non-numeric param's existence and type, and allocate it to the config.
  */
@@ -196,11 +209,8 @@ to_json(Config& config, const DiskANNPrepareConfig& prep_conf) {
 
 void
 from_json(const Config& config, DiskANNPrepareConfig& prep_conf) {
-    if (config.contains(kAioMaxnr)) {
-        CheckNumericParamAndSet<uint64_t>(config, kAioMaxnr, kAioMaxnrMinValue, kAioMaxnrMaxValue, prep_conf.aio_maxnr);
-    } else {
-        prep_conf.aio_maxnr = kAioMaxnrDefaultValue;
-    }
+    CheckNumericParamAndSetWithDefault<uint64_t>(config, kAioMaxnr, kAioMaxnrMinValue, kAioMaxnrMaxValue,
+                                                 kAioMaxnrDefaultValue, prep_conf.aio_maxnr);
 
     CheckNumericParamAndSet<float>(config, kCacheDramBudgetGb, kCacheDramBudgetGbMinValue, kCacheDramBudgetGbMaxValue,
                                    prep_conf.search_cache_budget_gb);
@@ -219,23 +229,21 @@ to_json(Config& config, const DiskANNQueryConfig& query_conf) {
 void
 from_json(const Config& config, DiskANNQueryConfig& query_conf) {
     CheckNumericParamAndSet<uint64_t>(config, kK, kKMinValue, kKMaxValue, query_conf.k);
-    auto search_list_threshold = query_conf.k < kKThreshold ? kKThreshold : query_conf.k;
-    if (config.contains(kSearchListSize)) {
-        // The search_list_size should be no less than the k.
-        CheckNumericParamAndSet<uint32_t>(config, kSearchListSize, query_conf.k,
-                                        std::max(kSearchListSizeMaxValue, static_cast<uint32_t>(10 * query_conf.k)),
-                                        query_conf.search_list_size);
+    uint32_t default_search_list_size =
+        query_conf.k <= kDefaultSearchListSizeDivider ? kDefaultSearchListSizeDivider : query_conf.k;
+
+    if (config.contains(kSearchListSize) &&
+        kInvalideSearchListSize == GetValueFromConfig<uint32_t>(config, kSearchListSize)) { // Exist but invalid
+        query_conf.search_list_size = default_search_list_size;
     } else {
-        // if search_list_size not set (==0), not in json string, modify the value.
-        query_conf.search_list_size = search_list_threshold;
+        CheckNumericParamAndSetWithDefault<uint32_t>(config, kSearchListSize, query_conf.k, kSearchListSizeMaxValue,
+                                                     default_search_list_size, query_conf.search_list_size);
     }
+
     CheckNumericParamAndSet<uint32_t>(config, kBeamwidth, kBeamwidthMinValue, kBeamwidthMaxValue, query_conf.beamwidth);
-    if (config.contains(kFilterThreshold)) {
-        CheckNumericParamAndSet<float>(config, kFilterThreshold, kFilterThresholdMinValue, kFilterThresholdMaxValue,
-                                       query_conf.filter_threshold);
-    } else {
-        query_conf.filter_threshold = kFilterThresholdMinValue;
-    }
+    CheckNumericParamAndSetWithDefault<float>(config, kFilterThreshold, kFilterThresholdMinValue,
+                                              kFilterThresholdMaxValue, kFilterThresholdMinValue,
+                                              query_conf.filter_threshold);
 }
 
 void
@@ -261,12 +269,9 @@ from_json(const Config& config, DiskANNQueryByRangeConfig& query_conf) {
     CheckNumericParamAndSet<uint64_t>(config, kMinK, kMinKMinValue, kMinKMaxValue, query_conf.min_k);
     CheckNumericParamAndSet<uint64_t>(config, kMaxK, query_conf.min_k, kMaxKMaxValue, query_conf.max_k);
     CheckNumericParamAndSet<uint32_t>(config, kBeamwidth, kBeamwidthMinValue, kBeamwidthMaxValue, query_conf.beamwidth);
-    if (config.contains(kSearchListAndKRatio)) {
-        CheckNumericParamAndSet<float>(config, kSearchListAndKRatio, kSearchListAndKRatioMinValue,
-                                       kSearchListAndKRatioMaxValue, query_conf.search_list_and_k_ratio);
-    } else {
-        query_conf.search_list_and_k_ratio = kSearchListAndKRatioDefaultValue;
-    }
+    CheckNumericParamAndSetWithDefault<float>(config, kSearchListAndKRatio, kSearchListAndKRatioMinValue,
+                                              kSearchListAndKRatioMaxValue, kSearchListAndKRatioDefaultValue,
+                                              query_conf.search_list_and_k_ratio);
 }
 
 DiskANNBuildConfig
@@ -309,10 +314,11 @@ DiskANNQueryByRangeConfig::Set(Config& config, const DiskANNQueryByRangeConfig&
     config[kDiskANNQueryByRangeConfig] = query_conf;
 }
 
-const DiskANNPrepareConfig kSanityCheckDiskANNPrepareConfig; // use default
+const DiskANNPrepareConfig kSanityCheckDiskANNPrepareConfig;  // use default
 const DiskANNQueryConfig kSanityCheckDiskANNQueryConfig{kSanityCheckMinTopK, kSanityCheckMinTopK};
 
-Config GenSanityCheckDiskANNConfig(const Config& build_config) {
+Config
+GenSanityCheckDiskANNConfig(const Config& build_config) {
     Config config = build_config;
     DiskANNPrepareConfig::Set(config, kSanityCheckDiskANNPrepareConfig);
     DiskANNQueryConfig::Set(config, kSanityCheckDiskANNQueryConfig);
diff --git a/knowhere/index/vector_index/IndexDiskANNConfig.h b/knowhere/index/vector_index/IndexDiskANNConfig.h
index a6d3a9459..16329cebf 100644
--- a/knowhere/index/vector_index/IndexDiskANNConfig.h
+++ b/knowhere/index/vector_index/IndexDiskANNConfig.h
@@ -85,8 +85,9 @@ struct DiskANNPrepareConfig {
 struct DiskANNQueryConfig {
     uint64_t k;
     // A list of search_list sizes to perform searches with. Larger parameters will result in slower latencies, but
-    // higher accuracies. Must be at least the value of k.
-    uint32_t search_list_size = 128;
+    // higher accuracies. Must be at least the value of k. Default to 0, meaning Knowhere need to take care of the
+    // default value
+    uint32_t search_list_size = 0;
     // The beamwidth to be used for search. This is the maximum number of IO requests each query will issue per
     // iteration of search code. Larger beamwidth will result in fewer IO round-trips per query but might result in
     // slightly higher total number of IO requests to SSD per query. For the highest query throughput with a fixed SSD
@@ -125,5 +126,6 @@ struct DiskANNQueryByRangeConfig {
     Set(Config& config, const DiskANNQueryByRangeConfig& query_conf);
 };
 
-Config GenSanityCheckDiskANNConfig(const Config& build_config);
+Config
+GenSanityCheckDiskANNConfig(const Config& build_config);
 }  // namespace knowhere
diff --git a/knowhere/index/vector_index/IndexHNSW.cpp b/knowhere/index/vector_index/IndexHNSW.cpp
index 98740da45..760fde183 100644
--- a/knowhere/index/vector_index/IndexHNSW.cpp
+++ b/knowhere/index/vector_index/IndexHNSW.cpp
@@ -29,21 +29,11 @@
 #include "index/vector_index/helpers/RangeUtil.h"
 
 namespace knowhere {
+
 namespace {
-    inline int64_t
-    CheckAndGetEfValue(const Config& config) {
-        auto topk_val = GetMetaTopk(config);
-        if (CheckKeyInConfig(config, indexparam::EF)) {
-            auto ef_val = GetIndexParamEf(config);
-            if (ef_val < topk_val) {
-                KNOWHERE_THROW_MSG("ef is smaller than topk in hnsw.");
-            }
-            return ef_val;
-        } else {
-            return std::max(knowhere::DEFAULT_HNSW_EF, topk_val);
-        }
-    }
-}  // namespace
+static constexpr int64_t kDefaultEfDivider = 16;
+static constexpr int64_t kDefaultRangeSearchEf = 16;
+}
 
 BinarySet
 IndexHNSW::Serialize(const Config& config) {
@@ -267,7 +257,7 @@ IndexHNSW::QueryImpl(int64_t n, const float* xq, int64_t k, float* distances, in
         feder = std::make_unique<feder::hnsw::FederResult>();
     }
 
-    size_t ef = CheckAndGetEfValue(config);
+    size_t ef = GetIndexParamEf(config, k <= kDefaultEfDivider ? kDefaultEfDivider : k);
 
     hnswlib::SearchParam param{ef};
     bool transform = (index_->metric_type_ == 1);  // InnerProduct: 1
@@ -309,7 +299,8 @@ IndexHNSW::QueryByRangeImpl(int64_t n, const float* xq, float*& distances, int64
         feder = std::make_unique<feder::hnsw::FederResult>();
     }
 
-    size_t ef = CheckAndGetEfValue(config);
+    size_t ef = GetIndexParamEf(config, kDefaultRangeSearchEf);
+
     hnswlib::SearchParam param{ef};
 
     float radius = GetMetaRadius(config);
diff --git a/knowhere/index/vector_index/helpers/IndexParameter.h b/knowhere/index/vector_index/helpers/IndexParameter.h
index 3bfe3071d..4ac6cdff8 100644
--- a/knowhere/index/vector_index/helpers/IndexParameter.h
+++ b/knowhere/index/vector_index/helpers/IndexParameter.h
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ SetValueToConfig(Config& cfg, const std::string& key, const T value) {
         return GetValueFromConfigWithDefaultValue<T>(cfg, key, value);    \
     }
 
+#define DEFINE_CONFIG_GETTER_WITH_CUSTOMIZED_DEFAULT_VALUE(func_name, key, T) \
+    inline T func_name(const Config& cfg, T value) {                               \
+        return GetValueFromConfigWithDefaultValue<T>(cfg, key, value);    \
+    }
+
 #define DEFINE_CONFIG_SETTER(func_name, key, T)    \
     inline void func_name(Config& cfg, T value) {  \
         SetValueToConfig<T>(cfg, key, (T)(value)); \
@@ -153,7 +158,6 @@ static const int64_t DEFAULT_PQ_M = 4;
 static const int64_t DEFAULT_PQ_NBITS = 8;
 static const int64_t DEFAULT_HNSW_EFCONSTRUCTION = 360;
 static const int64_t DEFAULT_HNSW_M = 30;
-static const int64_t DEFAULT_HNSW_EF = 16;
 
 DEFINE_CONFIG_GETTER_WITH_DEFAULT_VALUE(GetIndexParamNprobe, indexparam::NPROBE, DEFAULT_NPROBE, int64_t)
 DEFINE_CONFIG_SETTER(SetIndexParamNprobe, indexparam::NPROBE, int64_t)
@@ -176,7 +180,7 @@ DEFINE_CONFIG_SETTER(SetIndexParamEfConstruction, indexparam::EFCONSTRUCTION, in
 DEFINE_CONFIG_GETTER_WITH_DEFAULT_VALUE(GetIndexParamHNSWM, indexparam::HNSW_M, DEFAULT_HNSW_M, int64_t)
 DEFINE_CONFIG_SETTER(SetIndexParamHNSWM, indexparam::HNSW_M, int64_t)
 
-DEFINE_CONFIG_GETTER(GetIndexParamEf, indexparam::EF, int64_t)
+DEFINE_CONFIG_GETTER_WITH_CUSTOMIZED_DEFAULT_VALUE(GetIndexParamEf, indexparam::EF, int64_t)
 DEFINE_CONFIG_SETTER(SetIndexParamEf, indexparam::EF, int64_t)
 
 DEFINE_CONFIG_GETTER(GetIndexParamOverviewLevels, indexparam::OVERVIEW_LEVELS, int64_t)
diff --git a/unittest/test_diskann.cpp b/unittest/test_diskann.cpp
index cd8f98381..f5e941c83 100644
--- a/unittest/test_diskann.cpp
+++ b/unittest/test_diskann.cpp
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ TEST_P(DiskANNTest, search_without_search_list_size) {
     cfg.clear();
     knowhere::DiskANNQueryConfig::Set(cfg, tmp_config);
     search_list_size = knowhere::DiskANNQueryConfig::Get(cfg).search_list_size;
-    EXPECT_EQ(search_list_size, 128);
+    EXPECT_EQ(search_list_size, 16);
 }
 
 TEST_P(DiskANNTest, knn_search_test) {