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Enable processing and/or memory optimized instances when using sagemaker.remote_function's @remote decorator

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component: training remote-function type: feature request
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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

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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

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