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AI Server: 31 Brutally Practical, Game‑Changing Lessons for GPU‑Ready Racks AI Server Build & Operate: The Field‑Tested Playbook I Wish I Had
Three winters ago I got paged at 2:17 a.m. A demo cluster for an investor run-through was dropping frames. The culprit? A “temporary” test rig doing double duty as an AI server for video captioning and a grab bag of side projects. My eyes were sand; the wattmeter was screaming. The fix wasn’t a tweet, it was a rebuild—honest power math, sane storage, real cooling, and a scheduler that didn’t panic when a job went sideways. This guide is everything I’ve learned since: a no‑hype, hands‑dirty map to spec, wire, and run an AI server that stays fast after midnight. Why “AI Server” Is Its Own Species Call it what it is: a race car with a mortgage. A...
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