LoomOS Platform Architecture & Operations Guide
LoomOS is a comprehensive distributed AI runtime and orchestration platform designed for enterprise-scale machine learning workloads. It provides unified infrastructure for training, verifying, and deploying AI models with built-in safety, auditability, and horizontal scalability.Executive Summary
LoomOS addresses critical challenges in production AI systems:- Scale: Distribute training across hundreds of nodes with automatic resource management
- Safety: Built-in verification (Prism) for model safety, factuality, and compliance
- Auditability: Complete event sourcing and lineage tracking via LoomDB
- Flexibility: Modular architecture supporting multiple ML frameworks and cloud providers
- Reliability: Fault-tolerant design with automatic failover and recovery
Core Architecture
Master/worker design, event sourcing, distributed scheduler, and verification systems.
Installation Guide
Complete setup instructions from development to production deployment.
Security & Compliance
mTLS, TEE attestation, RBAC, audit logging, and compliance frameworks.
Core Architecture
LoomOS follows a distributed, microservices-based architecture with five primary subsystems that work together to provide a complete AI operations platform.1. Nexus - Distributed Coordination Layer
The Nexus system provides cluster-wide coordination and resource management: Master Nodes handle:- Job scheduling and resource allocation
- Cluster state management and coordination
- API endpoints for client interactions
- Health monitoring and automatic failover
- Training and inference workloads
- Model deployment and serving
- Data preprocessing and validation
- Distributed computation tasks
2. LoomDB - Event Sourcing & Audit System
LoomDB provides comprehensive event sourcing and audit capabilities for complete system observability: Event Store Features:- Immutable append-only event log
- Horizontal partitioning for scale
- Real-time event streaming
- Complex event processing (CEP)
- Complete model lineage tracking
- User action auditing
- Data access logging
- Compliance reporting (SOC2, HIPAA, GDPR)
3. Distributed Scheduler - Resource & Job Management
Advanced job orchestration with intelligent resource allocation: Scheduling Features:- Multi-tenant resource isolation
- Gang scheduling for distributed jobs
- Preemption and priority handling
- Auto-scaling based on queue depth
- GPU topology awareness
- Memory-optimized placement
- Network bandwidth allocation
- Storage I/O optimization
4. Reinforcement Learning Infrastructure
Comprehensive RL training system with advanced algorithms: Supported Algorithms:- Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO)
- Deep Q-Networks (DQN) and variants
- WEAVE (proprietary multi-agent algorithm)
- Custom algorithm integration
- Distributed experience collection
- Asynchronous policy updates
- Multi-environment training
- Hierarchical reinforcement learning
5. Blocks & Adapters - Integration Ecosystem
Modular integration system supporting diverse ML ecosystems: Model Adapters:- OpenAI API integration
- Hugging Face model hub
- Custom model backends
- Multi-modal model support
- Kubernetes orchestration
- Cloud provider integration (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- On-premises deployment
- Hybrid cloud configurations
System Requirements & Sizing
Development Environment
Minimum Requirements:- CPU: 4 cores (Intel/AMD x86_64)
- Memory: 8GB RAM
- Storage: 50GB SSD
- Network: 100Mbps connection
- OS: Linux (Ubuntu 20.04+), macOS 11+, Windows 10 with WSL2
- CPU: 8-16 cores
- Memory: 32GB RAM
- Storage: 500GB NVMe SSD
- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 3080 or better (for local training)
- Network: 1Gbps connection
Production Environment
Small Production Cluster (10-50 nodes):- CPU: 32+ cores per node (Intel Xeon or AMD EPYC)
- Memory: 256GB+ RAM per node
- Storage: 2TB+ NVMe SSD per node
- GPU: 4-8x NVIDIA A100 or H100 per training node
- Network: 25Gbps with RDMA support
- Redundancy: 3x master nodes, N+2 worker redundancy
- CPU: 64+ cores per node
- Memory: 512GB+ RAM per node
- Storage: 10TB+ NVMe SSD with 100K+ IOPS
- GPU: 8x NVIDIA H100 per training node
- Network: 100Gbps InfiniBand fabric
- Redundancy: 5x master nodes across availability zones
Installation Guide
Quick Start (Development)
For evaluation and development purposes:Verification Steps
Production Installation
Infrastructure Prerequisites
Database Setup (Production)
LoomOS Configuration
Security & Compliance
Transport Layer Security
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Audit & Compliance
Monitoring & Observability
Metrics Collection
LoomOS exposes comprehensive metrics via Prometheus:Health Checks & Alerts
Performance Optimization
Database Tuning
GPU Memory Optimization
Troubleshooting Guide
Common Issues & Solutions
1. Job Scheduling Failures
Symptoms:- Jobs stuck in “pending” state
- Resource allocation errors
- Scheduling timeout errors
2. GPU Memory Exhaustion
Symptoms:- CUDA out of memory errors
- Training job failures
- GPU utilization drops to zero
3. Network Connectivity Issues
Symptoms:- Worker nodes disconnecting
- Slow data transfer between nodes
- Training synchronization failures
Disaster Recovery & Backup
Backup Strategy
Recovery Procedures
Next Steps & Advanced Topics
After completing the platform setup, explore these advanced topics:- Core Modules: Deep dive into LoomDB, Scheduler, and Security
- RL System: Advanced reinforcement learning capabilities
- Nexus System: Distributed coordination and cluster management
- SDK & CLI: Programmatic access and automation
- Deployment Guide: Production deployment patterns
