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Fill gaps from assistant conversations: GPU sizing and HF downloads#300

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Summary

Address recurring assistant questions about how to pick a GPU for a given model size and how to avoid downloading entire Hugging Face repositories to persistent storage.

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  • hardware/using-gpus.mdx: added a "Choosing a GPU for your model" section with a VRAM sizing rule of thumb, a mapping from loaded weight size to typical single-GPU options, and a note on quantized formats and multi-GPU sharding.
  • performance/faster-cold-starts.mdx: called out that HF_HOME is set to persistent storage automatically and added a "Download only the files you need" subsection with snapshot_download examples using allow_patterns / ignore_patterns.

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Recent assistant threads showed users repeatedly asking which GPU fits an N-GB model, whether Cerebrium downloads the full HF repo, and how to trim model files before deploying — all answerable from the docs but not covered directly on the relevant pages.

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mintlify Bot requested review from kylegani and milo157 as code owners July 20, 2026 13:09
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