tf.test.create_local_cluster

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Create and start local servers and return the associated Server objects.

tf.test.create_local_cluster(
    num_workers, num_ps, protocol='grpc', worker_config=None, ps_config=None
)

"PS" stands for "parameter server": a task responsible for storing and updating the model's parameters. Other tasks send updates to these parameters as they work on optimizing the parameters. This particular division of labor between tasks is not required, but is common for distributed training.

Read more at https://www.tensorflow.org/guide/extend/architecture

components

Figure illustrates the interaction of these components. "/job:worker/task:0" and "/job:ps/task:0" are both tasks with worker services.

Example:

workers, _ = tf.test.create_local_cluster(num_workers=2, num_ps=2)

worker_sessions = [tf.compat.v1.Session(w.target) for w in workers]

with tf.device("/job:ps/task:0"):
  ...
with tf.device("/job:ps/task:1"):
  ...
with tf.device("/job:worker/task:0"):
  ...
with tf.device("/job:worker/task:1"):
  ...

worker_sessions[0].run(...)

Args:

Returns:

A tuple (worker_servers, ps_servers). worker_servers is a list of num_workers objects of type tf.distribute.Server (all running locally); and ps_servers is a list of num_ps objects of similar type.

Raises: