PyTorch Lightning checkpointing runs up to 95% faster on Google Cloud
LightningAI · x · 2026-09-11
Lightning AI partnered with Google Cloud to rework how PyTorch Lightning moves data between GPUs and object storage. With Rapid buckets and GCSFS, checkpointing now runs up to 95% faster. The team published a guide so developers can reproduce the speedup themselves.
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