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Home lab user tracks GPU usage, finds personal assistant is biggest consumer

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A user detailed an experiment to track GPU usage in their home lab, attributing 47% of the time on their NVIDIA RTX 3090 to their personal assistant core for audio transcription via Whisper. The observability stack, including Langfuse and MinIO, consumed 17% for transcribing LLM trace audio, while CI processes and a warmup job also contributed to GPU utilization. This caller attribution system provides a clear diagnosis of GPU activity, moving beyond the general AI

IMPACT Provides insight into practical GPU resource management for individuals running local LLM workloads.

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Home lab user tracks GPU usage, finds personal assistant is biggest consumer

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  1. dev.to — LLM tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Arsen Apostolov ·

    My GPU Was Busy. I Finally Found Out Who Was Using It.

    <p><strong>The Local LLM Lab — Part 10</strong></p> <blockquote> <p><em>One controlled experiment. One number. One verdict.</em></p> </blockquote> <p>Every homelab has a moment like this: the GPU is at 100%, the fan is screaming, and you have no idea which of the twenty services …

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