Comment by otterley
6 hours ago
What kind of observability did you have over this process? I’m interested in how my peers are operating these efforts.
6 hours ago
What kind of observability did you have over this process? I’m interested in how my peers are operating these efforts.
On the cloud side, nothing valuable existed, so the training couldn't ruin anything it didn't create. On the laptop side, I usually ask the agents to create named scripts for everything it needs to access, then those local script directory is green-lit with approve all. For cost, I kept giving it new budget in the 20-30 dollar increments.
I had to intervene a few times. For instance, as smart as the models are said to be (Astra), it would copy the full training run, train on the server, pull every checkpoint to the local machine, then run tests, update. So, the bandwidth bill was as high as training bill for the first 6 hours. It could have simply tested each checkpoint on the server, saved time and money, didn't occur to it until I said.
Perhaps I wasn’t clear. What kind of instrumentation and alerting, if any, did you employ to keep an eye on it?