Vast.ai Observability

Overview

Monitor Vast.ai GPU instance health, utilization, and costs. Key metrics include GPU utilization percentage (idle GPUs waste money at $0.20-$3.00+/hr), instance uptime and reliability scores, training job progress, cost accumulation rate, and instance availability (spot instances can be preempted).

Prerequisites

• Vast.ai account with active instances
• vastai CLI tool installed and authenticated
• External monitoring for long-running training jobs

Instructions