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How to get llama 2 up and running , in a VM, with no GPU, and limited memory on Ubuntu

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OK I decided to write this up after unsuccessfully being able to find all the required info I needed in one place. In this setup we will be using Ubuntu Server 22.04.2 LTS as the OS. I have this running on a home lab ESXi server 8, on a HP Compaq Pro 6300 SFF CPU = Intel Core i7-3770 Installed Memory 16 GB I have some 10K SAS drives installed for the VM's If you have not already, navigate to  Get Ubuntu Server | Download | Ubuntu and download the 22.04.2 LTS ISO Next Lets create our VM that we are going to run this in. *Note Im using ESXi however you can probably do this in Workstation, Fusion, VirtualBox etc The main things to note on the VM creation. Set Ubuntu 64 bit as the guest OS Set your CPU relevant to the physicals CPU, I will be starting with 4 VCPU Set your Memory to as much as you can tolerate, I will be using 12 Disk Space - we are creating a 100G swap file, and the rest of the file can take up some room , so more is better if you can afford it Dont forget to add the U

VCSA Partition size by Storage Selection Size

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 Ran into an issue upgrading a VCSA where it ran out of storage in the /storage/seat partition. Figured it would be easy enough to select a larger options during deployment, however I wanted to know what my options were as I didn't want to go over kill on the partition. Interestingly I was only able to find info on a Tiny deployment, no one seams to have any additional info on the additional deployment sizes. So I just deployed the appliance over and over again and here are the results: XL Storage Size Large Storage Size Default So lets create a matrix: Mounted Default Large Extra Large /storage/core 25GB 25GB 25GB /storage/log 9.8GB 9.8GB 9.8GB /storage/db 9.8GB 9.8GB 9.8GB /storage/dblog 15GB 15GB 15GB /storage/seat 9.8GB 541GB 1.4TB /storage/netdump 985MB 985MB 985MB /storage/autodeploy 9.8GB 9.8GB 9.8GB /storage/imagebuilder 9.8GB 9.8GB 9.8GB /s