Run your first job
Install the server, connect the CLI, and submit a model inference job.
Understand the architecture
Learn how the server, users, GPU workers, and job scheduler fit together.
Set up a cluster
Install the control plane, configure AWS, and start the server.
Use the CLI
Check connectivity and submit jobs from a local Python environment.
What Tandemn is for
Tandemn System is designed for teams that already have, or plan to operate, accelerated compute and want a simpler way to run inference workloads across that capacity.- Infrastructure teams can expose a single service for users instead of asking each team to manage hardware placement.
- ML and application teams can submit jobs through the CLI without deciding which machine or GPU should run them.
- Organizations with mixed GPU supply can use available capacity more efficiently across different machines and accelerator types.
How the workflow fits together
1
An administrator starts the Tandemn server
The control plane is deployed on a machine that users and EC2 replicas can reach over the network. It manages cluster state and receives inference job requests.
2
Users install the Tandemn CLI
Users install the
tandemn Python package, set TD_SERVER_URL, and check connectivity.3
Users submit inference jobs
A user provides a model, a JSONL prompt file, and a service-level objective. Tandemn schedules the job across available accelerated resources.
4
Tandemn chooses the execution plan
The orchestration layer selects an efficient hardware mix for the workload so users can focus on the job rather than the cluster.

