# vLLM Production Engineering: From Paged Attention to SLAs — Anatomy of Modern LLM Serving

> Source: https://sukruyusufkaya.com/en/learn/llm-muhendisligi/vllm-production-muhendisligi-paged-attention-sla
> Updated: 2026-05-13T13:00:30.285Z
> Category: LLM Mühendisliği
> Module: Module 16: Production Engineering — Self-Host, Quantization, Serving, Monitoring
**TLDR:** Mathematical and systems anatomy of vLLM: paged attention (Kwon et al. 2023) why it uses RAM 5× more efficient, continuous batching math, internal structure of KV cache, OpenAI-compatible API, Turkish Llama-3 deployment from start to finish. Hardware selection (H100 vs A100 vs RTX 4090), Kubernetes setup, autoscaling, SLA guarantees.