# Unlock the Potential of Fine-grained LLM Serving via Dynamic Module Scaling

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.18006 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2507.18006/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Placed in Serving systems and request scheduling, one of 12 directions in Efficient LLM inference and serving.
- Builds on 25 of its 53 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 24 Jul 2025.

## Placed in

- Efficient LLM inference and serving / [Serving systems and request scheduling](https://mlsanity.com/inference/serving-systems-and-request-scheduling/)

## Builds on (most cited first, 25 of 25)

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- [GPT-4 Technical Report](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.08774/) (2023)
- [Judging LLM-as-a-Judge with MT-Bench and Chatbot Arena](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2306.05685/) (2023)
- [Evaluating Large Language Models Trained on Code](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2107.03374/) (2021)
- [Efficient Memory Management for Large Language Model Serving with PagedAttention](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.06180/) (2023)
- [Code Llama: Open Foundation Models for Code](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2308.12950/) (2023)
- [Megatron-LM: Training Multi-Billion Parameter Language Models Using Model Parallelism](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1909.08053/) (2019)
- [H2O: Heavy-Hitter Oracle for Efficient Generative Inference of Large Language Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2306.14048/) (2023)
- [A Simple and Effective Pruning Approach for Large Language Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2306.11695/) (2023)
- [DistServe: Disaggregating Prefill and Decoding for Goodput-optimized Large Language Model Serving](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2401.09670/) (2024)
- [Splitwise: Efficient generative LLM inference using phase splitting](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.18677/) (2023)
- [Reducing Activation Recomputation in Large Transformer Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2205.05198/) (2022)
- [Black-Box Tuning for Language-Model-as-a-Service](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2201.03514/) (2022)
- [InfiniGen: Efficient Generative Inference of Large Language Models with Dynamic KV Cache Management](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2406.19707/) (2024)
- [A Comprehensive Survey of AI-Generated Content (AIGC): A History of Generative AI from GAN to ChatGPT](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2303.04226/) (2023)
- [Llumnix: Dynamic Scheduling for Large Language Model Serving](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2406.03243/) (2024)
- [Dynamic Memory Compression: Retrofitting LLMs for Accelerated Inference](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2403.09636/) (2024)
- [LoongServe: Efficiently Serving Long-Context Large Language Models with Elastic Sequence Parallelism](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2404.09526/) (2024)
- [SpotServe: Serving Generative Large Language Models on Preemptible Instances](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2311.15566/) (2023)
- [LoRA-Flow: Dynamic LoRA Fusion for Large Language Models in Generative Tasks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2402.11455/) (2024)
- [Fast State Restoration in LLM Serving with HCache](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2410.05004/) (2024)
- [SkyServe: Serving AI Models across Regions and Clouds with Spot Instances](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2411.01438/) (2024)
- [Optimizing LLM Inference Throughput via Memory-aware and SLA-constrained Dynamic Batching](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.05248/) (2025)
- [Optimizing Mixture-of-Experts Inference Time Combining Model Deployment and Communication Scheduling](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2410.17043/) (2024)
- [CloudNativeSim: a toolkit for modeling and simulation of cloud-native applications](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2409.05093/) (2024)

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [ElasticMoE: An Efficient Auto Scaling Method for Mixture-of-Experts Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2510.02613/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

The rise of large language models (LLMs) has created new opportunities across various fields but has also introduced significant challenges in resource management. Current LLM serving systems face a fundamental tension: balancing serving demands with limited resources while adapting to unpredictable traffic patterns. Static deployments lead to suboptimal resource utilization and performance degradation under dynamic workloads. Furthermore, the high cost of adjusting instances hinders dynamic scaling, limiting the true potential of efficient LLM serving. To address this, we propose CoCoServe, an elastic system that facilitates dynamic and fine-grained scaling. Its key innovation lies in the module-level operations for the replication and migration of LLM modules, such as decoder layers and projections. Through a comprehensive analysis of the trade-offs associated with these operations, we develop an auto-scaling mechanism that dynamically regulates module-level resource allocation and performance optimization, enabling a more cost-effective deployment of LLMs. Our evaluation demonstrates that the scaling operations employed by CoCoServe exhibit excellent scalability and can reduce costs by 46% while maintaining availability. Compared to state-of-the-art LLM serving systems (e.g., Hugging Face Transformers and vLLM), our approach reduces latency by 14%-75% and achieves 1.16x-4x throughput on average across different model sizes and workloads.