# Metric: GPU KV Cache Usage

Rule of Thumb for GPU KV Cache Utilization:

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According to [NVIDIA NIM Operator documentation](https://docs.nvidia.com/nim-operator/latest/service.html), a threshold of 50% is recommended as a default for scaling triggers.
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<table><thead><tr><th width="146.6666259765625">Utilixation Range</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>0% - 30%</td><td>Low usage - resources are under-utilized</td></tr><tr><td>30% - 70%</td><td>Medium usage - healthy range under normal load</td></tr><tr><td>70% - 90%+</td><td>High usage - risk of cache eviction or inference slowdowns</td></tr></tbody></table>


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