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[Question]How to training on different node with specific gpu in each node

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Hi, I try to training the BingBertSquad on 2 nodes (each has 4 gpus) with specific gpus (2 gpus, another 2 gpus are occupied by others), and my hostfile's content is:
work1 slots=2
work2 slots=2
and part of my launch script on one node is
deepspeed --hostfile hostfile --include=work1:2,3 training.py .... ,
but it reports the error
No slot 2 specificied on host work1.
what is correct way to train in this situation?

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Start with the deepspeed launcher entry point and review how it combines hostfile slots with --include=work1:2,3. Reproduce the command using the shown hostfile and training.py; done means identifying a valid configuration for two nodes with two selected GPUs per node and documenting it clearly.

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Tech stack
python
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distributed-systems, machine-learning
Issue type
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