Tag: #dcgm
Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 3 posts
DCGM Exporter — GPU Utilization Is Not What You Think It Is
DCGM Exporter is the standard path for exposing GPU telemetry in Prometheus format, but the utilization-style metric that ends up on nearly every dashboard does not measure what people expect. This post reads the default
2026-08-12 · 9 min read #gpu#kubernetes#dcgm#prometheus#observabilityA GPU Troubleshooting Playbook — Fix the Layers, Then Walk Down
The biggest waste in diagnosing GPU problems on Kubernetes is poking around without an order. A pod that will not schedule, a pod that runs but cannot see the GPU, a driver and toolkit version mismatch, memory exhaustion
2026-08-12 · 7 min read #gpu#kubernetes#troubleshooting#nvidia#gpu-operatorNVIDIA GPU Operator — The Six Pieces You Used to Install by Hand
Running GPUs on Kubernetes used to mean matching six pieces on every node by hand: the driver, the NVIDIA Container Toolkit, the device plugin, DCGM, GPU Feature Discovery, and Node Feature Discovery. The NVIDIA GPU Oper
2026-08-12 · 6 min read #gpu#kubernetes#gpu-operator#nvidia#dcgm