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User seeks to prevent llama.cpp from swapping KV cache

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A user on Reddit's r/LocalLLaMA subreddit is seeking advice on how to prevent the llama.cpp software from offloading its KV cache to swap memory. Despite using specific flags, the user experiences offloading when RAM usage approaches 96GB, even with some capacity remaining. They are looking for more aggressive methods to ensure offloading only occurs when RAM is nearly exhausted. AI

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User seeks to prevent llama.cpp from swapping KV cache

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  1. r/LocalLLaMA TIER_1 English(EN) · /u/No_Algae1753 ·

    How do i prevent llama.cpp from offloading on Swap?

    <!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I have tried preventing this issue by using llama.cpp flags. However, I still have the issue: whenever I'm close to my 96GB of RAM, llama-server / llama.cpp decides to offload the KV cache onto my swap. This usually happens when I'm at 91-92GB of…

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