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Amazon SageMaker AI now supports SOCI-indexed images to start training jobs in seconds

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This article announces Amazon SageMaker AI support for Seekable OCI (SOCI)-indexed container images that enable training and processing jobs to start in seconds.

  • SOCI-indexed images reduce GPU idle time during container pulls by up to 90%
  • Lazy-loads images by fetching only necessary files to start containers
  • Use pre-indexed AWS Deep Learning Containers with -soci tag variant
  • Add SOCI index to custom images in Amazon ECR without rebuilding
  • No changes required to job definitions, entry points, or data channels
  • Available in all AWS Regions where SageMaker AI is available

SOCI-indexed images significantly accelerate SageMaker AI training and processing jobs while reducing costs associated with container image downloads.

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