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vLLM Publishes Practical Guide to Disaggregated Serving with GPU-less Frontend

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The vLLM team released a practical guide to disaggregated serving, detailing prefill/decode separation and the new GPU-less frontend. The guide explains the benefits, how to run it end to end in vLLM today, and outlines remaining work. It targets AI/LLM engineers seeking to optimize inference infrastructure.

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  1. vLLM BlogMartin Hickey (IBM Research)
    Taking vLLM Apart: A Practical Guide to Disaggregated Serving

    What disaggregated serving actually buys you, how to run it end to end in vLLM today with prefill/decode plus the new GPU-less frontend and the things we're still working on.

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