GPU Placement

GPU placement determines where accelerator workloads run inside a cluster.

It is influenced by:

  • scheduler decisions
  • hardware topology
  • vGPU profile constraints
  • GPU partitioning models

Articles covering GPU placement:

  • /posts/why-gpu-placement-becomes-the-defining-problem/
  • /posts/2026-02-13-how-vsphere-drs-makes-gpu-placement-decisions/
  • /posts/2026-02-19-how-same-size-vgpu-mode-and-right-sizing-shape-gpu-placement-efficiency/