Production RAG Architecture Deep Dive

Overview

Complete end-to-end architecture for Retrieval-Augmented Generation systems at production scale.

Architecture Components

Ingestion Pipeline

Document processing
Chunking strategies
Embedding generation
Vector indexing

Retrieval Layer

Vector search
Semantic ranking
Filtering logic
Result scoring

Inference Engine

Model loading
Prompt construction
Token management
Response generation

Monitoring

Performance tracking
Quality metrics
Cost monitoring
User analytics

See also: Optimization Strategies