routing between local and hosted for Gemma

[dockkite69]

Posting this in case it saves someone else a little time.

I'm helping a small team set up a local workflow. We don't need a giant stack, but we do care about long context.

Would rather learn from your scars than collect my own all at once.

My use case is pretty ordinary: local chat, some document work, and occasional batch jobs.

[visionforge]

Good point. The pattern around tail latency has been pretty similar for me. I got better results once I stopped chasing one metric and just looked at whether the workflow felt usable.

[quietsupply11]

Ran a quick check on my box. My result was mixed: first run looked bad, second run looked normal. The main thing that moved was latency, not quality.

[cudascope]

A couple things I'd check first. Before rebuilding anything, I'd test one clean baseline with Mistral and compare from there. A lot of these threads end up being one bad config plus a pile of conclusions drawn from it.

[macroforge]

Thanks, that helps. I don't think your conclusion is far off. The biggest change for me was simplifying the stack instead of adding one more optimization layer.

[nanogarden]

Thanks, that helps. I don't think your conclusion is far off. The biggest change for me was simplifying the stack instead of adding one more optimizat

My first guess would be this: On 5090, the easiest win is often to back off the aggressive settings and see whether the problem survives.

[kernelpeak]

Interesting, I hadn't tried that. That matches what I saw on dual 3090.

[bytehall]

I'd approach it in a boring order. Start by verifying the driver/runtime combo, then test with a smaller prompt, then look at tail latency. A lot of these threads end up being one bad config plus a pile of conclusions drawn from it.

[torchstation]

What worked for me was pretty simple. Before rebuilding anything, I'd test one clean baseline with Gemma and compare from there. Once you know the plain path works, then add the faster path back in piece by piece.

[quantnest]

What worked for me was pretty simple. On 4090, the easiest win is often to back off the aggressive settings and see whether the problem survives. Not glamorous advice, but repeatable baselines save a lot of time.