FEMS Project #1 — Comparing Low-Spec Local Setup (Ollama + bge-m3 + Chroma) vs Claude API RAG
Building a RAG prototype while studying the FEMS (Factory Energy Management System) domain. Comparing local LLM inference (Ollama) on a low-spec environment (GTX1660 Super, 6GB VRAM) against calling the Claude / OpenAI APIs. Using bge-m3 for embeddings (strong Korean support) and Chroma as the vector DB. Ollama's cold start of 95 seconds dropped to 10 seconds after warm-up, with accuracy matching the cloud.
