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Enable processing and/or memory optimized instances when using sagemaker.remote_function's @remote decorator
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Description
**Describe the feature you'd like**
Currently only training instances are allowed when using @remote (from the sagemaker.remote_function module). This module can be used for processing tasks as well, so it would be useful to have more instance types available.
**How would this feature be used? Please describe.**
Using instances with more than 256GB that don't need GPU acceleration for processing tasks. These are only available as Processing instances as far as I know (and are referred as Memory optimized instances there).
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
We can use Sagemaker Processing jobs, and we currently do that. The downside is that local mode is not enabled when using Sagemaker studio, so it can be a little clunky to develop scripts locally before submitting then to a processing task. This is much easier when using @remote, since we can execute code directly without the need of mapping inputs/outputs, etc. Code for local testing and remote execution could be very similar if not identical in this case.
**Additional context**
In case this is not clear, I'm referring to this functionality: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/train-remote-decorator.html
Link to the instance types available here: https://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/pricing/
@jmahlik
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start at the sagemaker.remote_function module and its @remote decorator, then compare the accepted instance types with the SageMaker remote-decorator documentation linked in the issue. Done means @remote supports processing and memory-optimized instances for processing tasks while preserving existing training behavior; add focused coverage if the repository has relevant tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- aws, machine-learning, python
- Domain
- cloud, machine-learning
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100