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AI practitioners debate GPU sharding vs. replication for multi-GPU setups

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A user on r/MachineLearning is seeking advice on optimizing a multi-GPU setup for AI workloads. They are debating whether to shard a large model across multiple GPUs or run smaller, independent instances behind a load balancer. The core question revolves around balancing single-request latency versus concurrency, considering factors like model size, VRAM, and the actual memory requirements for weights and KV cache. AI

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AI practitioners debate GPU sharding vs. replication for multi-GPU setups

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  1. r/MachineLearning TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/hulakrtahukhula ·

    Sharding vs replicas across multiple GPUs, just trying to plan this right [R]

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Hey all, I’m planning a small multi-GPU setup across two boxes, with a mix of long-context and short-chat workloads. Should a bigger model be sharded across all the cards, or is it better to run smaller independent instances per card and load-bal…

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