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Retrieval & EmbeddingsMedium· Federated Search· Compliance· Metadata Filtering

A colleague argues federated search is unnecessary - ‘j...

Metadata filtering is insufficient for scenarios requiring true data separation. It does not address the operational needs of independent teams (different update cadences) or the legal requirements of data residency, which cannot be satisfied by a single index in one region regardless of how rows are filtered.

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