Preemptible Computing
A dynamic pricing mechanism in cloud computing that sells idle data center compute capacity to users at significant discounts. The platform may interrupt user tasks when resources need to be reclaimed, making it suitable for batch processing and training workloads that can tolerate interruptions.
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Together GPU Clusters has announced support for preemptible compute, offering equivalent GPU resources at a fixed 50% discount off on-demand pricing.
Together's preemptible compute provides a five-minute drain window, giving jobs five minutes to save state before being preempted.
The core logic of preemptible compute is that cloud providers sell idle compute resources at lower prices and give advance notice before reclaiming instances when the platform needs to recover resources.
Using preemptible compute requires that jobs be interruptible and resumable, necessitating the implementation of a periodic checkpoint mechanism in the training workflow.
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Together's preemptible compute provides a five-minute drain window, giving jobs five minutes to save state before being preempted.
50%UnverifiedThe core logic of preemptible compute is that cloud providers sell idle compute resources at lower prices and give advance notice before reclaiming instances when the platform needs to recover resources.
50%UnverifiedUsing preemptible compute requires that jobs be interruptible and resumable, necessitating the implementation of a periodic checkpoint mechanism in the training workflow.
50%UnverifiedTogether GPU Clusters has announced support for preemptible compute, offering equivalent GPU resources at a fixed 50% discount off on-demand pricing.
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