Concurrency, throughput and load testing
Why batching raises throughput, how slots and KV memory limit concurrency, how to load test honestly (open vs closed loop), read the capacity knee and set limits before users find them.
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One user feels latency: how fast the answer starts and how smoothly it streams. An operator also cares about throughput: total tokens per second across everyone. Batching trades one for the other, and load testing tells you where the trade stops being worth it.
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