Quick answer: VPS specs for Ollama depend on model size, quantization, context length, concurrency, and whether the workload is CPU-only or GPU-backed. For small local LLM testing, 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, and NVMe storage can be enough. For practical 7B to 8B use, 8 vCPU and ...
DeepSeek-R1 can run on a VPS through Ollama when the model size matches the server. The mistake is choosing the largest model first. Start with a smaller distilled model, confirm memory usage, keep the Ollama API private and move to GPU or dedicated hardware only when ...