https://ten1010.io/en/blog TEN's blog on enterprise GPU infrastructure — GPU utilization, FinOps, AI networking, and data center power. Practical insights for teams running AI at scale. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 02:58:56 GMT inblog Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:37:34 GMT https://image.inblog.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Finblog.ai%2Fapi%2Fog-logo%3FlogoUrl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fsource.inblog.dev%252Flogo%252Ff22208f6-d159-4b20-9d42-32881219f0a9%252F45988d87-a3ce-453b-ab45-e64ef49c8fe3%26title%3D%26description%3DTEN's%2520blog%2520on%2520enterprise%2520GPU%2520infrastructure%2520%25E2%2580%2594%2520GPU%2520utilization%252C%2520FinOps%252C%2520AI%2520networking%252C%2520and%2520data%2520center%2520power.%2520Practical%2520insights%2520for%2520teams%2520running%2520AI%2520at%2520scale. https://ten1010.io/en/blog https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-kubernetes-why-ai-infrastructure-uses-it-400571 What is Kubernetes? Learn how it automates container deployment, scaling, and recovery, how it differs from Docker, and why AI and GPU teams rely on it. Wed, 04 Nov 2026 18:22:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-kubernetes-why-ai-infrastructure-uses-it-400571 AI Infrastructure Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/ai-training-vs-inference-why-gpus-differ-388854 What separates AI training and inference? A clear guide to both stages, their different GPU usage patterns, why their infrastructure needs differ, and how to run both efficiently on one GPU infrastructure. Tue, 03 Nov 2026 10:07:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/ai-training-vs-inference-why-gpus-differ-388854 Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/gpu-platform-build-vs-buy-tco-388872 Should you build your own GPU platform on Kubernetes, or buy one? License cost says build, but 3-year TCO with hidden costs tells a different story. Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:29:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/gpu-platform-build-vs-buy-tco-388872 GPU & AI OpsProduct Guide Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-a-token-the-unit-of-llm-cost-388849 What is a token in an LLM? A clear guide to what tokens are, how they differ from words, input vs output tokens and the context window, why tokens became the unit of AI cost and performance, and the GPU infrastructure behind token throughput. Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:03:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-a-token-the-unit-of-llm-cost-388849 AI Infrastructure Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/a-1second-health-check-took-down-a-db-392008 An image pull failing with a 401 pointed at auth. It wasn’t auth. Here is how a 1-second liveness probe kept restarting a recovering database, and why. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:42:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/a-1second-health-check-took-down-a-db-392008 EngineeringTeam Insight 안녕텐 https://ten1010.io/en/blog/7-metrics-to-watch-on-your-gpus-388862 GPU-Util reads 90% but training is slow. Why? Beyond the utilization trap, here are the 7 metrics that actually matter and how to read them in layers. Thu, 22 Oct 2026 10:19:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/7-metrics-to-watch-on-your-gpus-388862 GPU & AI OpsProduct Guide Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-a-foundation-model-a-simple-guide-388796 What is a foundation model? A clear guide to the model that's pretrained on broad data and adapted to many tasks — its relationship to LLMs, the pretraining and fine-tuning process, and the GPU infrastructure enterprises need to use it. Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:25:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-a-foundation-model-a-simple-guide-388796 AI Infrastructure Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/a-guide-to-gpu-chargeback-377180 How do you split the cost of a shared GPU cluster across teams? From showback to chargeback, here is a practical 4-step process for allocating GPU spend. Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:57:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/a-guide-to-gpu-chargeback-377180 GPU & AI Ops Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-to-watch-in-gpu-monitoring-377175 Why is judging your infrastructure by GPU-Util alone so risky? Beyond the utilization trap, here are the 5 metrics that actually matter in operations. Fri, 16 Oct 2026 11:41:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-to-watch-in-gpu-monitoring-377175 GPU & AI Ops Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/cloudnative-inference-gpu-splitting-345758 LLM inference needs CUDA Graph optimization, but CUDA Graphs freeze allocation at capture. TEN’s RA:X team solves this in place with GRIP, accepted to SoCC ‘26. Mon, 12 Oct 2026 09:11:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/cloudnative-inference-gpu-splitting-345758 EngineeringProduct Guide 안녕텐 https://ten1010.io/en/blog/337653 Is NVIDIA MIG enough for sharing GPUs? Compare MIG's limits — fixed profiles, a max of seven instances, GPU restrictions — against software partitioning with 1% granularity and dynamic reallocation, and see which fits your environment. Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:30:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/337653 GPU & AI Ops Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/h100-vs-h200-vs-b200-whats-the-difference-337649 What separates NVIDIA's H100, H200, and B200? Compare HBM capacity and bandwidth, architecture (Hopper vs Blackwell), FP4 support, and real specs — plus which GPU to pick for LLM training and inference workloads. Tue, 06 Oct 2026 16:23:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/h100-vs-h200-vs-b200-whats-the-difference-337649 AI Infrastructure Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-are-data-center-tiers-tier-14-explained-320295 What defines a data center Tier? A clear guide to the Uptime Institute's Tier 1–4 classification, uptime and annual downtime, redundancy concepts like N+1 and 2N, and which tier AI data centers actually need. Mon, 28 Sep 2026 18:10:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-are-data-center-tiers-tier-14-explained-320295 Industry Insights Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/nginx-ingress-to-cilium-migration-retrospective-320265 We migrated a production Kubernetes cluster's CNI from flannel to Cilium after Ingress-NGINX reached end-of-life. Here are the five issues that surfaced over ten days after removing kube-proxy — SNI, timeouts, NodePort, monitoring — and the lessons learned. Tue, 22 Sep 2026 17:23:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/nginx-ingress-to-cilium-migration-retrospective-320265 Engineering 안녕텐 https://ten1010.io/en/blog/gpu-chargeback-a-practical-build-guide-303210 How do you fairly allocate shared GPU costs across teams? A FinOps guide to the difference between chargeback and showback, what to measure, and the practical steps to build a GPU cost allocation system. Tue, 15 Sep 2026 11:07:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/gpu-chargeback-a-practical-build-guide-303210 Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/onprem-vs-cloud-gpu-how-to-choose-287472 Build GPU infrastructure on-prem or rent it in the cloud? Compare the two on TCO, data security, scalability, and utilization — plus when a hybrid strategy makes the most sense. Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:16:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/onprem-vs-cloud-gpu-how-to-choose-287472 GPU & AI Ops Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-pue-ai-data-center-power-efficiency-303196 PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness) shows how efficiently a data center uses power. Here's what PUE means, how it's calculated, why it worsens in AI data centers, and how to improve power efficiency in high-density GPU environments. Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:57:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-pue-ai-data-center-power-efficiency-303196 Industry Insights Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/the-gpu-utilization-trap-95-isnt-real-303185 GPU utilization of 95% can still mean your GPUs are barely working. Here's why nvidia-smi's utilization metric doesn't reflect actual compute, what MFU really measures, and how to monitor GPU efficiency correctly. Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:35:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/the-gpu-utilization-trap-95-isnt-real-303185 GPU & AI Ops Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/5-real-reasons-your-gpu-utilization-is-stuck-at-5-287470 Average GPU utilization of just 5% isn't a GPU shortage problem. Here are the five real causes — idle allocation, monopolized cards, no scheduling — plus how to diagnose and fix each Wed, 09 Sep 2026 19:14:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/5-real-reasons-your-gpu-utilization-is-stuck-at-5-287470 GPU & AI Ops Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-vram-gpu-memory-for-running-llms-287467 What is VRAM and why does it matter for running LLMs? A simple guide to GPU memory vs system RAM, how to estimate VRAM by model size, and what to do when you run out. Mon, 07 Sep 2026 19:11:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-vram-gpu-memory-for-running-llms-287467 AI Infrastructure Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/kubernetes-gpu-scheduling-explained-287475 Why do GPU jobs sit pending when GPUs are still free? A clear look at how Kubernetes GPU scheduling works, the limits of the default scheduler, the fragmentation problem, and what efficient GPU placement requires. Thu, 03 Sep 2026 19:35:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/kubernetes-gpu-scheduling-explained-287475 GPU & AI Ops Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/neocloud-explained-definition-key-players-281577 What is a neocloud? A clear look at GPU-focused clouds built for AI workloads. how they differ from hyperscalers, key players like CoreWeave, and the operations layer that decides profitability. Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:23:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/neocloud-explained-definition-key-players-281577 Industry Insights Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/transformers-are-now-harder-to-get-than-gpus-why-power-is-the-real-ai-data-center-bottleneck-243284 The AI data center bottleneck is shifting from GPUs to power. Here's why transformer lead times now stretch past three years and how to run more AI on the power you already have. Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:28:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/transformers-are-now-harder-to-get-than-gpus-why-power-is-the-real-ai-data-center-bottleneck-243284 Industry Insights Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-a-neocloud-gpuaas-market-growth-and-monetization-strategy-243283 Neoclouds are GPUaaS clouds for AI workloads. After the GPU race, profitability hinges on the operational layer — utilization, multi-tenancy, billing, and automation. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:23:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-a-neocloud-gpuaas-market-growth-and-monetization-strategy-243283 Industry Insights Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/gpu-power-optimization-how-to-control-the-40-of-ai-data-center-operating-costs-that-go-to-power-243282 No matter how many GPUs you buy, there's no profitability without power control. — we break down AIPub's GPU power optimization strategy. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:22:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/gpu-power-optimization-how-to-control-the-40-of-ai-data-center-operating-costs-that-go-to-power-243282 GPU & AI Ops Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/inference-optimization-in-the-blackwell-era-why-costpertoken-is-the-new-standard-243280 If you chose your GPU based on FLOPs/$, you'll regret it when inference bills arrive. We break down Blackwell Ultra's cost-per-token revolution and what it means for infrastructure operations. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:13:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/inference-optimization-in-the-blackwell-era-why-costpertoken-is-the-new-standard-243280 Industry Insights Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-a-modular-data-center-mdc-the-nextgeneration-approach-to-building-ai-infrastructure-243277 Learn what a Modular Data Center (MDC) is, how it differs from containerized data centers, and why MDC are becoming a practical deployment model for high-density AI infrastructure. Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:09:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-a-modular-data-center-mdc-the-nextgeneration-approach-to-building-ai-infrastructure-243277 Product Guide Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/why-traditional-data-centers-are-reaching-their-limits-in-the-ai-era-243276 Explore why traditional data centers are reaching their limits in the AI era, as GPU power density, cooling requirements, and construction timelines reshape AI infrastructure strategy. Sun, 09 Aug 2026 17:05:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/why-traditional-data-centers-are-reaching-their-limits-in-the-ai-era-243276 Product Guide Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/why-gpu-infrastructure-operations-must-evolve-in-the-agentic-ai-era-243275 Traditional infrastructure operations can no longer control resource contention or security risks. Here's why access control must extend beyond GPUs to the entire stack. Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:02:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/why-gpu-infrastructure-operations-must-evolve-in-the-agentic-ai-era-243275 Industry Insights Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/the-structural-limits-of-timeslicing-how-spatial-partitioning-solves-the-30-gpu-utilization-problem-243273 Low GPU utilization isn't caused by the structural limits of time-slicing. See how spatial partitioning fundamentally solves these problems. Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:54:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/the-structural-limits-of-timeslicing-how-spatial-partitioning-solves-the-30-gpu-utilization-problem-243273 GPU & AI Ops Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/understanding-docker-for-ai-from-container-tech-to-gpu-optimization-strategies-243272 What is Docker and why is it essential for AI and MLOps? Learn container architecture, runtime structure, and how to manage GPUs efficiently in container environments. Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:52:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/understanding-docker-for-ai-from-container-tech-to-gpu-optimization-strategies-243272 AI Infrastructure Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-diloco-distributed-llm-training-without-ultrafast-networks-244747 DiLoCo, Streaming DiLoCo, and Decoupled DiLoCo cut communication overhead in distributed LLM training — and what it means for multi-cluster GPU ops. Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:03:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-diloco-distributed-llm-training-without-ultrafast-networks-244747 AI Infrastructure Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/why-gpu-scheduling-is-nonnegotiable-in-2026-kubecon-eu-highlights-243271 At KubeCon EU 2026, NVIDIA donated GPU scheduling tools to CNCF. With 80% of AI workloads now running on Kubernetes, GPU scheduling has become essential infrastructure. Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:47:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/why-gpu-scheduling-is-nonnegotiable-in-2026-kubecon-eu-highlights-243271 Industry Insights Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/gpu-cluster-adoption-guide-5-essential-checks-for-scalable-ai-infrastructure-243262 Thinking of building a GPU cluster? Check these 5 essential factors before scaling your AI infrastructure, from distributed training to scheduling and resource optimization. Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:36:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/gpu-cluster-adoption-guide-5-essential-checks-for-scalable-ai-infrastructure-243262 GPU & AI Ops Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/243260 What is NVIDIA MIG? Learn how Multi-Instance GPU enables efficient GPU partitioning, improves utilization, and reduces AI infrastructure costs with real-world strategies. Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:34:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/243260 GPU & AI Ops Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/ai-infrastructure-is-not-just-about-gpus-why-storage-and-network-fabric-matter-243268 GPUs alone are not enough for AI infrastructure. Learn why storage and network fabric are critical to performance, and how to design a balanced AI system. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:46:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/ai-infrastructure-is-not-just-about-gpus-why-storage-and-network-fabric-matter-243268 AI Infrastructure Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/maximizing-ai-roi-5-strategies-for-achieving-100-gpu-efficiency-via-aipub-243257 Why are expensive GPUs sitting idle? Learn 5 practical strategies for GPU scheduling, fractional usage, and AI workload automation with AIPub. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:27:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/maximizing-ai-roi-5-strategies-for-achieving-100-gpu-efficiency-via-aipub-243257 Product Guide Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/how-to-build-ai-infrastructure-designing-with-reference-architecture-243265 Struggling to design AI infrastructure? Learn how reference architecture helps you choose the right GPU, optimize performance, and reduce risk with data-driven decisions. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:42:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/how-to-build-ai-infrastructure-designing-with-reference-architecture-243265 AI Infrastructure Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/gpu-resource-optimization-5-essential-checks-before-building-ai-infrastructure-243255 Before buying more GPUs, check your AI infrastructure. Learn 5 essential steps to optimize GPU resources and improve performance with smarter operations. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:26:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/gpu-resource-optimization-5-essential-checks-before-building-ai-infrastructure-243255 GPU & AI Ops Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-an-ai-network-fabric-why-adding-gpus-doesnt-speed-up-training-244741 More GPUs don't guarantee faster training — the network fabric may be the bottleneck. Here's why scaling efficiency drops and what to check first. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:48:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-an-ai-network-fabric-why-adding-gpus-doesnt-speed-up-training-244741 Industry Insights Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/ai-factory-era-why-nvidia-is-betting-on-operating-software-over-gpu-performance-244739 NVIDIA is shifting from selling GPUs to selling AI factory operating software. Here's what DSX, Tokens per Watt, and this shift mean for your GPU infrastructure. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:43:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/ai-factory-era-why-nvidia-is-betting-on-operating-software-over-gpu-performance-244739 Industry Insights Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-disaggregated-inference-why-llm-serving-splits-prefill-and-decode-244736 Disaggregated Inference splits LLM inference's Prefill and Decode stages across separate GPUs — here's why, its performance benefits, and what to check before adopting it. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 10:39:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-disaggregated-inference-why-llm-serving-splits-prefill-and-decode-244736 AI Infrastructure Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/hybrid-multicluster-ai-infrastructure-management-a-unified-strategy-243254 Learn how to manage hybrid and multi-cluster AI infrastructure. Discover unified orchestration strategies to optimize GPU utilization and reduce operational complexity. Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:24:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/hybrid-multicluster-ai-infrastructure-management-a-unified-strategy-243254 GPU & AI Ops Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/ai-infrastructure-optimization-why-gpu-monitoring-is-essential-243253 Learn why GPU monitoring is critical for AI infrastructure. Discover how AI Pub enables real-time visibility, bottleneck detection, and cost optimization. Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:22:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/ai-infrastructure-optimization-why-gpu-monitoring-is-essential-243253 GPU & AI Ops Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/243250 NVIDIA AI Factory redefines data centers as intelligence production systems. Learn how Blackwell NVL72, reasoning AI, and token economics are reshaping AI infrastructure. Tue, 04 Aug 2026 16:21:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/243250 Industry Insights Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/243246 What does NVIDIA mean by Extreme Co-Design? Explore how AI infrastructure is shifting from chip-level scaling to rack-level system design in the AI factory era. Tue, 04 Aug 2026 15:55:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/243246 Industry Insights Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/ai-is-playing-in-the-2026-fifa-world-cup-too-what-it-reveals-about-ai-agents-243278 At the 2026 World Cup, Football AI Pro reshapes tactical analysis and broadcasting — revealing why AI orchestration is essential for enterprise AI agents. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 17:12:45 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/ai-is-playing-in-the-2026-fifa-world-cup-too-what-it-reveals-about-ai-agents-243278 Industry Insights Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-mlops-a-complete-guide-to-machine-learning-operations-and-lifecycle-243259 Learn what MLOps is and why it matters. From data to deployment and monitoring, explore the full machine learning lifecycle and how to run AI systems efficiently. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:31:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/what-is-mlops-a-complete-guide-to-machine-learning-operations-and-lifecycle-243259 AI Infrastructure Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/deepseek-shock-and-extreme-codesign-how-nvidia-is-redefining-the-future-of-ai-infrastructure-243244 DeepSeek proved software can beat hardware limits. See how NVIDIA's Extreme Co-Design turns chips, networks, and systems into one AI factory. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:51:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/deepseek-shock-and-extreme-codesign-how-nvidia-is-redefining-the-future-of-ai-infrastructure-243244 Industry Insights Amanda https://ten1010.io/en/blog/243152 LLM training across thousands of GPUs makes failures inevitable. This guide compares synchronous, asynchronous, and in-memory checkpointing strategies. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:41:00 GMT https://ten1010.io/en/blog/243152 AI Infrastructure Amanda