Understanding the scalability and performance of RAG
In this section, we will mainly describe challenges that are related to the commissioning of a RAG system or that may emerge with the scaling of the system. The main advantage of RAG over an LLM is that it can be scaled without conducting additional training. The purpose and requirements of development and production are mainly different. LLMs and RAG pose new challenges, especially when you want to take a system into production. Productionizing means taking a complex system such as RAG from a prototype to a stable, operational environment. This can be extremely complex when you have to manage different users who may be connected remotely. While in development, accuracy might be the most important metric, while in production, special care must be taken to balance performance and cost.
Large organizations, in particular, may already have big data stored and may therefore want to use RAG with it. Big data can be a significant challenge...
