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Llama.cpp parallel agents bottlenecked by prefill stage

A user on Reddit's r/LocalLLaMA community is experiencing performance issues with parallel agents in llama.cpp. While decode performance is excellent, the prefill stage of one agent causes all other agents to halt when performing tasks like web searches that require processing thousands of tokens. The user has shared their command-line arguments for llama-server and is seeking advice on how to optimize the configuration for better parallel agent performance. AI

IMPACT Highlights a potential bottleneck in distributed inference for local LLM setups.

RANK_REASON User-reported issue with a specific software tool's functionality.

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Llama.cpp parallel agents bottlenecked by prefill stage

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/EmPips ·

    Llama-CPP Parallel Agents --> fine for decode, but one agent's prefill will grind all other agents to a halt

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Testing with 3-5 agents. Decode performance is superb, however if one performs a web search and needs to process a few thousand tokens, ALL other agents will grind to a halt:</p> <p>I've tried tuning a little bit, but no luck.</p> <p>example comm…