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Protocols / P-07
P-07

Size the closet tier

Move from one desk to one dedicated machine on your network, sized from what the pilot showed.

Fixes
Infrastructure and people
Hardware, a champion, and someone to run it.
Time
Two to six weeks, including purchasing
Part-time, alongside normal work.
Difficulty
Moderate
Honest estimate for a 50–500 person company.

IndicationsUse this when

  • The desk pilot worked and more people want access.

ContraindicationsDon’t, or be careful, when

  • Don't size from a vendor's number. Size from your own pilot usage.

EquipmentWhat you need

  • Pilot notes from P-06
  • Candidate hardware, for example an NVIDIA DGX Spark (128 GB unified memory) or an Apple Mac Studio with M3 Ultra (from 96 GB)
  • For many simultaneous users, a serving engine such as vLLM

ProcedureSteps

  1. From the pilot, estimate how many people will ask questions at the same time at peak.
  2. List which documents will be indexed and how big they are.
  3. Shortlist two hardware options and check current vendor specs and prices.
  4. Decide who looks after the machine: updates, backups, access.
  5. Run the 20-question drill again on the new machine before opening it up.

ChecksHow you know it worked

  • The drill score holds or improves on the new machine.
  • Someone is named to look after it.

HandoffWho owns it next

IT or the named partner runs the machine. The champion owns adoption.

Sources

  1. NVIDIA DGX Spark hardware overview (128 GB unified memory)
  2. Apple, Mac Studio (2025) tech specs (M3 Ultra, from 96 GB unified memory)
  3. vLLM (open-source serving engine)