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# Milvus

{{nem_short_name}} uses Milvus for vector database storage for [Retrieval evaluations](../evaluator/metrics/retriever.md) and [RAG evaluations](../evaluator/metrics/rag.md).

## Configuration

To configure {{nem_short_name}} to use Milvus, set the `milvus_url` in the [platform configuration](config-reference.md):

```yaml
evaluator:
 milvus_url: "milvus-standalone.default.svc.cluster.local:19530"
```

See the [platform configuration reference](config-reference.md) for the complete {{nem_short_name}} configuration reference.
