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Learn TensorFlow Enterprise

By : KC Tung
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Learn TensorFlow Enterprise

By: KC Tung

Overview of this book

TensorFlow as a machine learning (ML) library has matured into a production-ready ecosystem. This beginner’s book uses practical examples to enable you to build and deploy TensorFlow models using optimal settings that ensure long-term support without having to worry about library deprecation or being left behind when it comes to bug fixes or workarounds. The book begins by showing you how to refine your TensorFlow project and set it up for enterprise-level deployment. You’ll then learn how to choose a future-proof version of TensorFlow. As you advance, you’ll find out how to build and deploy models in a robust and stable environment by following recommended practices made available in TensorFlow Enterprise. This book also teaches you how to manage your services better and enhance the performance and reliability of your artificial intelligence (AI) applications. You’ll discover how to use various enterprise-ready services to accelerate your ML and AI workflows on Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Finally, you’ll scale your ML models and handle heavy workloads across CPUs, GPUs, and Cloud TPUs. By the end of this TensorFlow book, you’ll have learned the patterns needed for TensorFlow Enterprise model development, data pipelines, training, and deployment.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
1
Section 1 – TensorFlow Enterprise Services and Features
4
Section 2 – Data Preprocessing and Modeling
7
Section 3 – Scaling and Tuning ML Works
10
Section 4 – Model Optimization and Deployment

Using the Cloud TPU through AI Platform

Before we begin, let's briefly discuss the possible costs you might incur in the Google Cloud Platform (GCP). All the scripts and examples here are catered to didactic purposes. Therefore, training epochs are usually set to minimally reasonable values. With that in mind, it is still worth noting that as we start to leverage cloud resources, we need to keep in mind the compute cluster's cost. You will find more information on AI Platform training charges here: https://cloud.google.com/ai-platform/training/pricing#examples_calculate_training_cost_using_price_per_hour.

The examples in this book typically use the predefined scale tiers. In the predefined scale tiers listing at the preceding link, you will see the price per hour for different tiers. For example, BASIC_TPU is much more expensive than BASIC_GPU. We will use both in this chapter, as we will learn how to submit a training job to either the TPU or GPU. In my experience, each...