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SkyNomad: On Using Multi-Region Spot Instances to Minimize AI Batch Job Cost
Zhifei Li, Tian Xia, Ziming Mao +9
AI batch jobs such as model training, inference pipelines, and data analytics require substantial GPU resources and often need to finish before a deadline. Spot instances offer 3-1…
SkyWalker: A Locality-Aware Cross-Region Load Balancer for LLM Inference
Tian Xia, Ziming Mao, Jamison Kerney +5
Serving Large Language Models (LLMs) efficiently in multi-region setups remains a challenge. Due to cost and GPU availability concerns, providers typically deploy LLMs in multiple…
SkyServe: Serving AI Models across Regions and Clouds with Spot Instances
Ziming Mao, Tian Xia, Zhanghao Wu +6
Recent years have witnessed an explosive growth of AI models. The high cost of hosting AI services on GPUs and their demanding service requirements, make it timely and challenging…
Locality-aware Fair Scheduling in LLM Serving
Shiyi Cao, Yichuan Wang, Ziming Mao +10
Large language model (LLM) inference workload dominates a wide variety of modern AI applications, ranging from multi-turn conversation to document analysis. Balancing fairness and…