By the RentServers team at Wells Software Consulting LLC · Updated
Recommended setup
| GPU | H100 for cost-sensitive training; B200 when time-to-result matters and your stack supports Blackwell |
|---|---|
| Interconnect | 400 Gb/s InfiniBand or RoCE per GPU for multi-node jobs |
| Storage | Parallel file system or high-throughput object storage close to the cluster |
| Term | Reserved, matched to your training schedule |
Start from memory: mixed-precision Adam needs roughly 16 bytes per parameter before activations, so a 70B model needs at least 16 80 GB GPUs. Then work out GPU-hours from your token budget and expected utilization, and compare on-demand against a reservation.
Before a reservation starts, run NCCL all-reduce tests across nodes and a short version of your real job to confirm throughput.