How to Deploy Claude 3.5 Sonnet Alternative: Llama 3.2 400B with vLLM + Tensor Parallelism on a $32/Month DigitalOcean GPU Droplet

This article details how to deploy Llama 3.2 400B, a cost-effective alternative to Claude 3.5 Sonnet, using vLLM and tensor parallelism on a DigitalOcean GPU Droplet. It demonstrates a 99.3% cost reduction for enterprise workloads, achieving competitive inference speeds.