Are you ready for Le Chaton FAT or still wasting money on GPUs?
Summary
The author shares their storage server build optimized for local AI inference, anticipating a rumored 26T-a3b model called "Le Chaton FAT" and using high-capacity NVMe drives with ZFS for model storage.
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