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vLLM KV Cache Capacity Planning: Context and Concurrency

vLLM KV Cache Capacity Planning: Context and Concurrency

A 2026 engineering guide to vLLM KV cache capacity planning: calculate architecture-derived bytes per token, reconcile startup allocation, and canary context, concurrency, FP8 and preemption controls.

10/5/2026• 25 min read
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LLM Training Memory Calculator for ZeRO and FSDP

LLM Training Memory Calculator for ZeRO and FSDP

A 2026 planning model for per-rank LLM training memory, ZeRO and FSDP sharding, GPU count, CPU or NVMe offload, topology rounding, and measured validation.

9/19/2026• 21 min read
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