# AI Model Optimization Cron Job **Purpose:** Automatically find optimal ollama/llama.cpp configurations for maximum context size and hardware utilization. **Schedule:** Every hour **Hardware:** - 2× AMD MI50 GPUs (32GB VRAM each, 64GB total) - 128GB system RAM - ROCm: HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION=9.0.6, HIP_VISIBLE_DEVICES=0,1 --- ## File Locations ``` STATE: /opt/data/infra/assets/ai-optimizer/state.json RESULTS: /opt/data/infra/assets/ai-optimizer/results.csv REPO: /opt/data/infra (persistent - do not reclone) ``` --- ## Model Queues ### GPU Track (Coding - prioritize speed + context on GPU) 1. `devstral-small-2:24b` 2. `qwen2.5-coder:32b` 3. `codellama:34b-instruct` ### RAM Track (Knowledge - prioritize max context) 1. `qwen2.5:72b` 2. `nemotron-3-nano:30b` 3. `mixtral:8x7b-instruct` --- ## Context Steps (in order) ``` [32768, 65536, 98304, 131072, 163840, 200704, 262144, 327680] ``` --- ## Optimization Strategy ### GPU Track (Coding) - Start: num_ctx=32768, num_gpu=99, flash_attn=true - Increase context until OOM or tokens/sec < 5 - Record best config before hitting wall - Target: >10 tokens/sec with max context ### RAM Track (Knowledge) - Start: num_ctx=65536, num_gpu=50, flash_attn=true - Allow heavy RAM offload (up to 100GB system RAM) - Increase context until OOM - Speed secondary to context size --- ## Each Run - Step by Step ### 1. Read State ```bash cd /opt/data/infra cat assets/ai-optimizer/state.json ``` ### 2. Determine Next Test - Read `track` (gpu or ram) - Get `current_model` from queue at `model_index` - Get `current_config` for parameters to test - Select next context step from `context_steps` ### 3. Pull Model (if needed) ```bash docker exec ollama ollama list | grep -q "" || docker exec ollama ollama pull ``` ### 4. Create Test Modelfile ```bash docker exec ollama bash -c "cat < /root/.ollama/test_${model}.modelfile FROM ${model} PARAMETER num_ctx ${current_config.num_ctx} PARAMETER num_gpu ${current_config.num_gpu} PARAMETER flash_attn ${current_config.flash_attn} PARAMETER num_predict 4096 PARAMETER num_keep 1024 PARAMETER repeat_penalty 1.1 EOF" docker exec ollama ollama create test-model -f /root/.ollama/test_${model}.modelfile ``` ### 5. Run Benchmark ```bash # Warm up docker exec ollama ollama run test-model "Hello" > /dev/null # Coding prompt docker exec ollama ollama run test-model "Write a Python async context manager that retries a function with exponential backoff, max 5 retries, and logs each attempt using structlog. Include type hints." # Knowledge prompt docker exec ollama ollama run test-model "Explain the complete memory hierarchy in modern GPUs, from registers through L1/L2 caches to VRAM, and how data moves between them during matrix multiplication." ``` ### 6. Measure VRAM (if possible) ```bash # Try host first rocm-smi --showmeminfo vram 2>/dev/null || \ # Try via docker docker exec --privileged ollama rocm-smi --showmeminfo vram 2>/dev/null || \ echo "VRAM unavailable" ``` ### 7. Record Results - Parse tokens/sec from ollama output - Record VRAM/RAM usage - Update `best_configs` if improved ### 8. Update State ```python if test_successful: if context_step < max_reached: current_config.num_ctx = next_context_step else: model_index += 1 current_config.num_ctx = context_steps[0] else: best_configs[track][current_model] = last_good_config model_index += 1 ``` ### 9. Commit to Repo ```bash cd /opt/data/infra git add assets/ai-optimizer/ git commit -m "ai-optimizer: tested ${model} at ${num_ctx} ctx - ${status}" git push ``` ### 10. Matrix Notification (if available) ```python import os if os.getenv("MATRIX_HOME_SERVER") and os.getenv("MATRIX_ACCESS_TOKEN"): # Send notification pass # Else: silent ``` --- ## State File Structure ```json { "track": "gpu", "current_model": "devstral-small-2:24b", "model_index": 0, "phase": "context_scaling", "backend": "ollama", "current_config": { "num_ctx": 32768, "num_gpu": 99, "flash_attn": true }, "best_configs": { "gpu": {}, "ram": {} }, "completed_models": [], "gpu_queue": ["devstral-small-2:24b", "qwen2.5-coder:32b", "codellama:34b-instruct"], "ram_queue": ["qwen2.5:72b", "nemotron-3-nano:30b", "mixtral:8x7b-instruct"], "context_steps": [32768, 65536, 98304, 131072, 163840, 200704, 262144, 327680], "last_updated": "2026-04-28T17:00:00Z" } ``` --- ## Results CSV Format ```csv timestamp,track,model,backend,phase,num_ctx,num_gpu,flash_attn,tokens_per_sec,vram_gb,ram_gb,status,is_best 2026-04-28T17:00:00Z,gpu,devstral-small-2:24b,ollama,context_scaling,65536,99,true,15.2,52.1,18.4,success,false ``` --- ## Stop Conditions 1. All models in both queues have `best_configs` recorded 2. Manual intervention needed (error in state.json `error` field) 3. No progress for 3 consecutive runs --- ## Error Handling If any step fails: 1. Log error: `"error": {"message": "...", "timestamp": "..."}` 2. Do NOT increment model_index (retry next run) 3. Commit state with error field 4. Exit gracefully --- ## Notes - **No num_parallel**: Removed to avoid limiting other settings - **Two tracks**: Complete GPU track first, then RAM track - **Backend**: Start with ollama, llama.cpp optional - **Host access**: Use docker exec or SSH for rocm-smi - **Ask before deploy**: Show diff before `nh os switch`