Domain 3.1: Deploying and implementing Compute Engine resources — GCP ACE Practice Question 21

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Recall the hardware and software prerequisites for attaching GPUs to GCE instances.

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To use GPUs on Compute Engine, you must attach them to a supported machine type (shared-core machines like e2-micro are not supported). Furthermore, simply attaching the virtual hardware is not enough; you must install the NVIDIA device drivers and CUDA libraries on the guest operating system so the software can interface with the GPU.

Common mistakes

Forgetting that drivers must be installed manually (or via a startup script/custom image) after the VM is provisioned.

You are deploying a machine learning model on Compute Engine and need to attach NVIDIA GPUs to the instance to accelerate training.

Which TWO requirements must be met to successfully use GPUs on Compute Engine? (Select TWO)

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Practice the full GCP Associate Cloud Engineer Practice Exam 7

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You are deploying a machine learning model on Compute Engine and need to attach NVIDIA GPUs to the instance to accelerate training. Which TWO requirements must be met to successfully use GPUs on Compute Engine? (Select TWO)

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Practice the full GCP Associate Cloud Engineer Practice Exam 7

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You are deploying a machine learning model on Compute Engine and need to attach NVIDIA GPUs to the instance to accelerate training.

Which TWO requirements must be met to successfully use GPUs on Compute Engine? (Select TWO)