A training job can be interrupted and restarted. What lowers its cost?
Why C is the answer
Managed Spot Training with checkpoints
Spot capacity is cheaper, and checkpoints let the job resume.
In detail
- Managed Spot Training is cheaper, and checkpoints allow restarts.
- Checkpoint often enough to lose little work.
Use case
An illustrative scenario, not a real incident.
A long training job uses Managed Spot Training, and checkpoints let it resume after an interruption.
See it in different ways
mindmap
root((Security))
Access
IAM execution role
Network
VPC interface endpoint
Data
KMS customer managed keys
Audit
CloudTrailstateDiagram-v2 state "Training" as s0 state "Interrupted" as s1 state "Resume from checkpoint" as s2 [*] --> s0 s0 --> s1: spot reclaimed s1 --> s2 s2 --> s0
Key point: Spot with checkpoints lowers training cost.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. A longer maximum runtime for the job
- A longer runtime allows more cost.
- B. A longer retention period for logs
- Logs do not lower cost.
- D. A larger on-demand instance
- On-demand costs more.