Practical Tips and Tricks for Developers Building RAG Applications

Vector search is a technique used in data retrieval for RAG applications and information retrieval systems to find items or data points that are similar or closely related to a given query vector. While many vector database providers market their capabilities as easy, user-friendly, and simple, building a scalable real-world application requires considering various factors beyond the coding, including search quality, scalability, availability, multi-tenancy, cost, security, and more. To effectively deploy your vector database in your RAG application production environment with Milvus, follow these best practices: design an effective schema, plan for scalability, and select the optimal index and fine-tune performance.