From Local to Production: The Ultimate Ollama to vLLM Migration Guide 🚀

Author(s): MahendraMedapati

Originally published on Towards AI.

A developer’s journey from bedroom coding to enterprise-scale AI deployment

Picture this: You’ve built this amazing AI chatbot using Ollama on your laptop. It works like a charm for you and your small team. Then suddenly, your boss says “Great! Let’s roll this out to all 10,000 employees next week.” 😱

The article discusses the transition from using Ollama for local AI applications to deploying vLLM for enterprise-level performance. It highlights the challenges encountered during scaling, showing the significant differences in response times and server reliability after migrating from Ollama to vLLM. The author explains the importance of selecting the right LLM framework based on user engagement and response efficiency, and discusses performance metrics crucial for businesses considering scaling their AI deployment.

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