--- title: LLM Model Storage with NFS: Download Once, Infer Everywhere description: Deploy vLLM on Kubernetes with NFS shared storage to eliminate redundant model downloads. Instead of each pod downloading multi-gigabyte LLM models from... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/llm-model-storage-with-nfs-download-once-infer-everywhere-0uv0zekk8 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: LLM Model Storage with NFS: Download Once, Infer Everywhere | daily.dev og:description: Deploy vLLM on Kubernetes with NFS shared storage to eliminate redundant model downloads. Instead of each pod downloading multi-gigabyte LLM models from... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/llm-model-storage-with-nfs-download-once-infer-everywhere-0uv0zekk8 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0Uv0zEKk8.png og:image:alt: LLM Model Storage with NFS: Download Once, Infer Everywhere og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # LLM Model Storage with NFS: Download Once, Infer Everywhere **[DigitalOcean Community](https://daily.dev/sources/do_community)** · 17 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Deploy vLLM on Kubernetes with NFS shared storage to eliminate redundant model downloads. Instead of each pod downloading multi-gigabyte LLM models from HuggingFace at startup, download once to a managed NFS share and let all pods load directly from there. This approach reduces startup time, removes external runtime dependencies, and enables instant scaling across GPU nodes. The guide walks through setting up DigitalOcean Kubernetes with H100 GPUs, configuring NFS persistent volumes, running a one-time model download job, and deploying vLLM with shared model access. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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