@modal: New replicas of @vllm_project and @sgl_project servers start up 3-10x faster on Modal. Read the article to learn how --…
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Modal has announced that replicas of vLLM and SGLang servers now start up 3-10x faster, leveraging improvements in GPU health management and CUDA context checkpointing.
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New replicas of @vllm_project and @sgl_project servers start up 3-10x faster on Modal.
Read the article to learn how – from GPU health management to CUDA context checkpointing. https://t.co/ugAreYxcGD
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