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Parl Cluster
============
Get Started
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Cluster Structure Overview
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| There are three core concepts in a Parl cluster: master, worker and client.
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- **Client:** For each training program, there is a unique global client which
submits tasks to the master node.
.. image:: ./cluster_structure.png
.. image:: ./parallel_training/cluster_structure.png
:width: 600px
:align: center
Master
------
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| There is only one master node in each parl cluster, we can start a master by
calling ``xparl start --port 1234`` with a assigned port number. This command
will also simultaneously start a local worker which connects to the new
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status of the cluster (i.e. total cpu number, used cpu number, load average
...) to the monitor.
.. image:: ./master.png
.. image:: ./parallel_training/master.png
:width: 600px
:align: center
Worker
------
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| We can add more computation resources to a existed cluster by calling
| We can add more computation resources to an existed cluster by calling
``xparl --connect master_address`` command. This command will create a local
**Worker** object and then connect to the cluster.
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job from the job buffer, start a new job and update worker information to
the master node.
.. image:: ./worker.png
.. image:: ./parallel_training/worker.png
:width: 600px
:align: center
Client
------
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| We have a global client for each training program, it submits training tasks
to the master node. User do not need to interact with client object directly.
We can create a new global client or get an existed global client by calling
We can create a new global client and connect it to the cluster by calling
``parl.connect(master_address)``.
| The global client will read local python scripts and configuration files,
which will later be sent to remote jobs.
.. image:: ./client.png
.. image:: ./parallel_training/client.png
:width: 600px
:align: center
Actor
-----
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| **Actor** is an object defined by users which aims to solve a specific task.
We use ``@parl.remote_class`` decorator to convert an actor to a
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| When the actor call a function, the real computation will be executed in the
job process by job's local actor.
.. image:: ./actor.png
.. image:: ./parallel_training/actor.png
:width: 600px
:align: center
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:caption: Parallel Training
parallel_training/overview.rst
parallel_training/cluster.rst
parallel_training/setup.rst
parallel_training/recommended_practice.rst
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:caption: High-quality Implementations
implementations.rst
design.rst
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
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connect to the same global client in a training task.
Attributes:
submit_task_socket (zmq.Context.socket): A socket which submits job to
submit_task_socket (zmq.Context.socket): A socket which submits tasks to
the master node.
pyfiles (bytes): A serialized dictionary containing the code of python
files in local working directory.
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