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6/16/2026
Deploying vLLM on OKE with NVIDIA A10 GPUs: Complete Setup and Cost Comparison

Deploying vLLM on OKE with NVIDIA A10 GPUs: Complete Setup and Cost Comparison

Original: Deploying vLLM on OKE with NVIDIA A10 GPUs: The 20-Minute Setup Nobody Talks About

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Deploy vLLM for OpenAI-compatible LLM inference on Oracle Kubernetes Engine with NVIDIA A10 GPUs at $1.52/hr on-demand ($0.46 preemptible)—50% cheaper than AWS. Step-by-step guide covers OKE cluster setup, GPU node pool configuration, NVIDIA device plugin, and vLLM deployment with production-ready YAML and CLI commands. Full setup takes ~20 minutes plus model loading, with troubleshooting for download speed and memory management.

  • •OCI GPU shapes offer 50% cost savings vs. AWS for inference endpoints ($1.52/hr A10 on-demand)
  • •Complete walkthrough with working CLI commands, YAML configs, and GPU verification
  • •OpenAI-compatible API enables drop-in replacement for existing gpt-4 clients

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