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How would you size the inference fleet for a new chat p...

Sizing an inference fleet requires a quantitative approach rather than guessing hardware requirements. Start by converting the 10M DAU into peak requests per second based on expected usage patterns.

Next, estimate the average number of tokens per request, including both prompt and completion, to calculate the total tokens-per-second demand. Finally, use these figures to work backward to the specific hardware configuration and the number of nodes required to support the load.

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