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NVIDIA Exam NCA-AIIO Topic 2 Question 4 Discussion
Topic #: 2
You are responsible for managing an AI infrastructure where multiple data scientists are simultaneously running large-scale training jobs on a shared GPU cluster. One data scientist reports that their training job is running much slower than expected, despite being allocated sufficient GPU resources. Upon investigation, you notice that the storage I/O on the system is consistently high. What is the most likely cause of the slow performance in the data scientist's training job?
Inefficient data loading from storage (B) is the most likely cause of slow performance when storage I/O is consistently high. In AI training, GPUs require a steady stream of data to remain utilized. If storage I/O becomes a bottleneck---due to slow disk reads, poor data pipeline design, or insufficient prefetching---GPUs idle while waiting for data, slowing the training process. This is common in shared clusters where multiple jobs compete for I/O bandwidth. NVIDIA's Data Loading Library (DALI) is recommended to optimize this process by offloading data preparation to GPUs.
Incorrect CUDA version(A) might cause compatibility issues but wouldn't directly tie to high storage I/O.
Overcommitted CPU resources(C) could slow preprocessing, but high storage I/O points to disk bottlenecks, not CPU.
Insufficient GPU memory(D) would cause crashes or out-of-memory errors, not I/O-related slowdowns.
NVIDIA emphasizes efficient data pipelines for GPU utilization (B).
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