Operationalize a Scalable AI With LLMOps Principles and Best Practices

Abstract

Automation of workload is variable and intensive and will help in filling the gap between the data science team and the IT operations team. Planning for good governance early in the AI process will minimize AI efforts for data movement to accelerate model development. The emergence of LLMOps highlights the rapid advancement and specialized needs of the field of Generative AI and LLMOps is still rooted in the foundational principles of MLOps.

In this article, we have looked at key components, practices, tools, and reference architecture with examples such as:

• Major similarities and differences between MLOPs and LLOPs
• Major deployment patterns to migrate data, code, and model
• Schematics of Ops such as development, staging, and production environments
• Major approaches to building LLM applications such as prompt engineering, RAGs, fine-tuned, and pre-trained models, and key comparisons
• LLM serving and observability, including tools and practices for monitoring LLM performance
• The end-to-end architecture integrates all components across dev, staging, and production environments. CI/CD pipelines automate deployment upon branch merges.