Tag: Solution Architecture
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How I am turning my one laptop into a full AI and Kubernetes lab, layer by layer
The blueprint for rebuilding my AI applications (DrJhaGPT Pro, the Neevalay bots) as a production-style platform on one 20 GB laptop: 36 layers across cluster, delivery, security, observability, AI serving, backup and cost. For every layer: what I run today, the free open-source pick for the lab, and a drop-down of the enterprise products (VKS,…
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I run a 70B model for free and own no GPU. So where does the enterprise AI stack come in?
One AI application followed end to end from a solution architect’s chair: how a RAG tool runs without a GPU, what VRAM and quantization mean, what a GPU would and would not change, why token limits disappear, where Kubernetes fits, and the sizing worksheet, BOM and three-year cost an architect has to produce. Every term…
Architect’s Toolkit
PJ’s Tools
- Infra 360 Hub – All Series
- VCF 9 Interactive Walkthroughs
- VCF Design Cheatsheet
- VCF Upgrade Planner
- VCF 9 Series Hub
- VCF Deployment Hub
- AI Stack Hub
- AI Infra Sizing & Cost Calculator
- LLM & RAG Cost Calculator
- DrJhaGPT – Ask Pranay
VMware Cloud Foundation
- VCF Documentation
- VCF 9 Planning & Preparation Workbook
- VCF Bill of Materials (BoM)
- VMware Compatibility Guide
- VMware Interoperability Matrix
- VMware Configuration Maximums
- VMware Ports & Protocols
- VMware Hands-on Labs
- RVTools Download
Nutanix
AI & Cloud-Native Platform
- NVIDIA Build (Model Catalog)
- NVIDIA AI Enterprise Reference Architecture
- NVIDIA NIM Performance Benchmarking
- NVIDIA NGC Catalog
- NeMo Microservices Helm Chart
- Helm Charts Repository
- Hugging Face Models
Architecture & Design
About the Author
Dr Pranay Jha
Dr. Pranay Jha is a Cloud and AI Consultant with 18+ years of experience in hybrid cloud, virtualization, and enterprise infrastructure transformation. He specializes in VMware technologies, multi-cloud strategy, and Generative AI solutions. He holds a PhD in Computer Applications with research focused on Cloud and AI, has published multiple research papers, and has been a VMware vExpert since 2016 and a VMUG Community Leader.
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