sgl-project--sglang/python/sglang/srt/mem_cache/storage/hf3fs/docs

Using HF3FS as L3 Global KV Cache

This document provides step-by-step instructions for setting up a k8s + 3FS + SGLang runtime environment from scratch, describing how to utilize deepseek-hf3fs as the L3 KV cache for SGLang. The process consists of five main steps:

Step 1: Install deepseek-3fs via 3fs-Operator

Refer to the 3fs-operator documentation to deploy 3FS components in your Kubernetes environment using the Operator with one-click deployment.

Step 2: Launch SGLang Pod

Start your SGLang Pod while specifying 3FS-related labels in the YAML configuration. Follow the fuse-client-creation guide.

Step 3: Configure Usrbio Client in SGLang Pod

The Usrbio client is required for accessing 3FS. Install it in your SGLang Pod using either method below:

Alternative 1 (Recommend): Built from the source code, the following provides quick installation commands (refer to setup_usrbio_client.md)

set -e; \
. /etc/os-release; \
case "$VERSION_ID" in \
  "22.04") \
    CLANG_VERSION="14"; \
    GIT_BRANCH=main; \
    GIT_COMMIT_ID=6f029c439d0d22995900ca357d51b37975c6ffb5; \
    ;; \
  "24.04") \
    CLANG_VERSION="18"; \
    GIT_BRANCH="ubuntu24.04"; \
    GIT_COMMIT_ID=d0cf83a42395cdb2a66d3ce83cb0a11a46bee9f3; \
  ;; \
  *) \
    echo "Unsupported Ubuntu version: $VERSION_ID"; \
    exit 1; \
  ;; \
esac; \
apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
        clang-format-$CLANG_VERSION clang-$CLANG_VERSION clang-tidy-$CLANG_VERSION lld-$CLANG_VERSION meson google-perftools \
        libaio-dev libdouble-conversion-dev libdwarf-dev libgflags-dev libgmock-dev libgoogle-perftools-dev liblz4-dev liblzma-dev libuv1-dev \
        && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
        && apt-get clean \
        && git clone https://github.com/novitalabs/3FS.git -b $GIT_BRANCH 3fs \
        && cd 3fs \
        && git checkout $GIT_COMMIT_ID \
        && git submodule update --init --recursive \
        && ./patches/apply.sh \
        && CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL=32 python3 setup.py bdist_wheel -d dist \
        && pip install dist/*.whl \
        && cd .. \
        && rm -rf 3fs
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages

Alternative 2: Run pip3 install hf3fs-py-usrbio (Follow https://pypi.org/project/hf3fs-py-usrbio/#files)

Step 4: Deploy Model Serving

Single Node Deployment

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib/python3.12/dist-packages
python3 -m sglang.launch_server \
    --model-path /code/models/Qwen3-32B/ \
    --host 0.0.0.0 --port 10000 \
    --page-size 64 \
    --enable-hierarchical-cache \
    --hicache-ratio 2 --hicache-size 0 \
    --hicache-write-policy write_through \
    --hicache-storage-backend hf3fs

Multi-Node Deployment (Shared KV Cache)

Follow the deploy_sglang_3fs_multinode.md guide to deploy SGLang with 3FS across multiple nodes for shared KV caching.