option to prioritize by parameter count

llm_server/cluster/backend.py

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
+from llm_server import opts
 from llm_server.cluster.cluster_config import cluster_config
 from llm_server.cluster.redis_cycle import add_backend_cycler, redis_cycle
 from llm_server.cluster.stores import redis_running_models
 from llm_server.llm.generator import generator
 from llm_server.llm.info import get_info
+from llm_server.routes.helpers.model import estimate_model_size
 
 
 def test_backend(backend_url: str, test_prompt: bool = False):
@@ -34,11 +36,19 @@ def get_backends():
         status = b.get('online', False)
         priority = b['priority']
         result[k] = {'status': status, 'priority': priority}
+
+    if not opts.prioritize_by_size:
         online_backends = sorted(
             ((url, info) for url, info in backends.items() if info['online']),
             key=lambda kv: -kv[1]['priority'],
             reverse=True
         )
+    else:
+        online_backends = sorted(
+            ((url, info) for url, info in backends.items() if info['online']),
+            key=lambda kv: estimate_model_size(kv[1]['model_config']),
+            reverse=True
+        )
     offline_backends = sorted(
         ((url, info) for url, info in backends.items() if not info['online']),
         key=lambda kv: -kv[1]['priority'],

llm_server/config/config.py

@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ config_default_vars = {
     'show_backends': True,
     'cluster_workers': 30,
     'background_homepage_cacher': True,
-    'openai_moderation_timeout': 5
+    'openai_moderation_timeout': 5,
+    'prioritize_by_size': False
 }
 config_required_vars = ['cluster', 'frontend_api_mode', 'llm_middleware_name']
 

llm_server/config/load.py

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ def load_config(config_path):
     opts.background_homepage_cacher = config['background_homepage_cacher']
     opts.openai_moderation_timeout = config['openai_moderation_timeout']
     opts.frontend_api_mode = config['frontend_api_mode']
+    opts.prioritize_by_size = config['prioritize_by_size']
 
     if opts.openai_expose_our_model and not opts.openai_api_key:
         print('If you set openai_epose_our_model to false, you must set your OpenAI key in openai_api_key.')

llm_server/opts.py

@@ -37,3 +37,4 @@ show_backends = True
 cluster_workers = 30
 background_homepage_cacher = True
 openai_moderation_timeout = 5
+prioritize_by_size = False

llm_server/routes/helpers/model.py

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+def estimate_model_size(config: dict):
+    """
+    Estimate the size of a model from its config. No idea if this is correct,
+    but it allows us to compare models.
+    :param config:
+    :return:
+    """
+    vocab_size = config['vocab_size']
+    hidden_size = config['hidden_size']
+    num_hidden_layers = config['num_hidden_layers']
+    intermediate_size = config['intermediate_size']
+    total_params = (vocab_size * hidden_size) + (num_hidden_layers * ((hidden_size * intermediate_size * 4) + (hidden_size * hidden_size * 3)))
+    return int(total_params / 1e9)

server.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ from llm_server.routes.server_error import handle_server_error
 from llm_server.routes.v1 import bp
 from llm_server.sock import init_socketio
 
+# TODO: what happens when all backends are offline? What about the "online" key in the stats page?
 # TODO: redis SCAN vs KEYS??
 # TODO: implement blind RRD controlled via header and only used when there is a queue on the primary backend(s)
 # TODO: is frequency penalty the same as ooba repetition penalty???