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RTX 3060 powers Qwen API server for multiple users

A user has successfully configured a Qwen API server on a 12 GB RTX 3060 graphics card, enabling it to serve multiple users simultaneously. The setup, utilizing the RustingStrata tool, supports OpenAI and Anthropic API compatibility, allowing various applications like Open WebUI and Claude Code to connect. It includes features for API key management, fair queuing to prevent single-user dominance, and monitoring endpoints for load balancing, with support for NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel hardware. AI

IMPACT Enables running sophisticated LLMs on consumer-grade hardware, potentially lowering barriers for local AI development and deployment.

RANK_REASON User-developed tool for running LLMs on consumer hardware.

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RTX 3060 powers Qwen API server for multiple users

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/Serious_Scarcity7818 ·

    I turned a 12 GB RTX 3060 into a Qwen API server for 4 people at once

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Last time it was &quot;Strata for all Qwen models&quot;. This time: share it.</p> <p><code>strata serve</code> now runs a 35B MoE (Qwen3.6-35B-A3B Q2_K_XL) on one RTX 3060 for several users at the same time:</p> <table><thead> <tr> <th>Users at o…