@seclink: Recently, I've been developing several automated operations agents, and now I can utilize GPU cards too. When a GPU is required, I can spin up a project on-the-fly and pull a Docker container with a pre-installed environment. When not needed, I take it down, with billing per second. The next step is to investigate the possibility of quickly deploying a GPU cluster. Just like in large tech project teams, GPUs are...
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The author shares experiences with automated operations agents and on-demand GPU Docker environments, planning to investigate rapid deployment of GPU clusters to save costs.
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Recently I’ve been setting up several automated operations agents, and I’m now able to leverage GPU cards.
When I need a GPU, I spin up a project on-demand and pull a Docker container with the pre-configured environment. When it’s no longer needed, I simply shut it down—charged by the second.
Next, I plan to explore whether I can quickly provision a GPU cluster.
Just like project teams at big tech companies, GPUs are my special forces: ready to deploy when called, combat-effective upon arrival, victorious in every mission, and disbanded once the objective is achieved.
It’s simply too wasteful to keep everything running 24/7 just to verify an algorithm. Saving costs really matters too.
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