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Machine Learning at Scale with H2O

By : Gregory Keys, David Whiting
Book Image

Machine Learning at Scale with H2O

By: Gregory Keys, David Whiting

Overview of this book

H2O is an open source, fast, and scalable machine learning framework that allows you to build models using big data and then easily productionalize them in diverse enterprise environments. Machine Learning at Scale with H2O begins with an overview of the challenges faced in building machine learning models on large enterprise systems, and then addresses how H2O helps you to overcome them. You’ll start by exploring H2O’s in-memory distributed architecture and find out how it enables you to build highly accurate and explainable models on massive datasets using your favorite ML algorithms, language, and IDE. You’ll also get to grips with the seamless integration of H2O model building and deployment with Spark using H2O Sparkling Water. You’ll then learn how to easily deploy models with H2O MOJO. Next, the book shows you how H2O Enterprise Steam handles admin configurations and user management, and then helps you to identify different stakeholder perspectives that a data scientist must understand in order to succeed in an enterprise setting. Finally, you’ll be introduced to the H2O AI Cloud platform and explore the entire machine learning life cycle using multiple advanced AI capabilities. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to build and deploy advanced, state-of-the-art machine learning models for your business needs.
Table of Contents (22 chapters)
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Section 1 – Introduction to the H2O Machine Learning Platform for Data at Scale
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Section 2 – Building State-of-the-Art Models on Large Data Volumes Using H2O
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Section 3 – Deploying Your Models to Production Environments
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Section 4 – Enterprise Stakeholder Perspectives
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Section 5 – Broadening the View – Data to AI Applications with the H2O AI Cloud Platform

H2O AI Cloud architecture

We will not dive deep into H2O AI Cloud Architecture but will review three important architecture points:

  • Components are modular and open: The platform's modular architecture allows enterprises or groups to use the components they need and to hide and ignore the ones they do not. H2O AI Cloud is also open – its components can coexist and interact with the larger enterprise ecosystem, including non-H2O AI/ML components. The MLOps component, for example, can host non-H2O models, such as scikit-learn models, and the AI application Wave SDK can integrate non-H2O APIs with its own.
  • Cloud-native architecture: H2O AI Cloud is built on a modern Kubernetes architecture that achieves efficient resource consumption among cloud servers. In addition, H2O workloads on the AI Cloud are ephemeral – they spin up when needed, spin down when not in use, and retain state when spinning up again. The H2O AI Cloud also leverages the cloud service providers...