Tech Apr 25, 2026 17 min Training a LoRA for $1 on RunPod with a CPU Pod + GPU Pod Two-Stage Workflow RunPod Network Volumes can attach to multiple pods simultaneously. Do env setup and model transfer on a cheap CPU Pod, then rent the 4090 only for actual training. Also records four sd-scripts gotchas hit while training an Illustrious-XL LoRA. RunPod LoRA SDXL Illustrious AI Experiment
