deepspeedai / deepspeedai/DeepSpeed

[REQUEST] MiCS vs Zero++ hpZ for Hybrid FSDP

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I'm interested in hybrid FSDP where the model is replicated across nodes and sharded within node.

My understanding is that this can be achieved through MiCS and / or ZeRO++ hpZ.

Describe the solution you'd like
Better documentation, examples, or tutorials on how these solutions differ and how to best compose these features with Zero3 for a given network topology.

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Research direction

The issue names no files or tests; start by examining the existing MiCS, ZeRO++ hpZ, and ZeRO3 documentation and examples. Document how MiCS and hpZ differ, how they compose with ZeRO3, and which choice fits each described network topology, with examples or tutorials showing the configurations.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
distributed-systems, documentation, machine-learning
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
28/100

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