Vertex AI is a managed machine learning platform that can help you reduce your cloud costs in a number of ways:
Choose the right machine type.
Vertex AI offers a variety of machine types for training and deploying models, so you can choose the one that best meets your needs and budget. For example, if you're training a large model, you'll need a machine type with a lot of CPU and memory. But if you're deploying a small model, you can use a smaller and less expensive machine type.
Use autoscaling.
Vertex AI can automatically scale your resources up or down based on demand. This means that you'll only pay for the resources that you need, when you need them.
Use pre-trained models.
Vertex AI offers a variety of pre-trained models that you can use for common tasks such as image classification, object detection, and natural language processing. Using pre-trained models can save you time and money, because you don't have to train your own models.
Use custom training.
If you need to train a custom model, Vertex AI offers a variety of tools and resources to help you do so efficiently. For example, Vertex AI can automatically distribute your training job across multiple machines, which can reduce training time and costs.
Use Vertex AI Pipelines.
Vertex AI Pipelines is a managed service that helps you automate your machine learning workflows. This can help you reduce the cost of managing your machine learning infrastructure.
Here are some additional tips for reducing your cloud costs with Vertex AI:
Use spot VMs.
Spot VMs are unused VMs that are available at a discounted price. Vertex AI supports spot VMs for training and prediction jobs.
Use preemptible VMs.
Preemptible VMs are VMs that can be preempted by Google Cloud in order to meet the needs of other customers. Preemptible VMs are ideal for workloads that are tolerant of interruptions, such as batch processing jobs.
Delete unused resources.
Make sure to delete any unused Vertex AI resources, such as custom training jobs and deployed models.
You can also use the Vertex AI Cost Estimator to estimate the cost of your machine learning workloads before you start training or deploying models. This can help you to budget for your cloud costs and identify areas where you can save money.
Here are some additional tips for reducing your cloud costs in general:
Understand your cloud bill.
The first step to reducing your cloud costs is to understand your cloud bill. This will help you to identify the areas where you are spending the most money.
Choose the right pricing model.
Google Cloud offers a variety of pricing models, such as sustained use discounts and committed use discounts. Choose the pricing model that best meets your needs and budget.
Use the Cloud Billing Console.
The Cloud Billing Console is a tool that can help you to track your cloud spending and identify areas where you can save money.
By following these tips, you can use Vertex AI to reduce your cloud costs and get the most out of your machine learning budget.
There are a few ways to actively monitor your GCP cloud spend using Vertex AI:
Use Vertex AI Cost Monitoring.
Vertex AI Cost Monitoring provides insights into the cost of your machine learning workloads. It can help you to identify areas where you are spending the most money and optimise your costs.
To use Vertex AI Cost Monitoring, you need to enable billing export to BigQuery. Once you have enabled billing export, you can create a Vertex AI Cost Monitoring dashboard to visualise your cloud spend data.
Use Cloud Monitoring.
Cloud Monitoring is a service that collects metrics and logs from all of your GCP resources. You can use Cloud Monitoring to create custom dashboards and alerts to monitor your cloud spend.
To use Cloud Monitoring to monitor your cloud spend, you can create a custom dashboard that displays the following metrics:
You can also create alerts that notify you when your cloud spend exceeds a certain threshold.
Use Cloud Billing Console.
The Cloud Billing Console is a tool that can help you to track your cloud spending and identify areas where you can save money.
To use the Cloud Billing Console to monitor your cloud spend, you can filter your billing data by service and resource to see how much you are spending on Vertex AI.
In addition to these tools, you can also use the following tips to actively monitor your GCP cloud spend:
Set budget alerts.
You can set budget alerts to notify you when your cloud spend exceeds a certain threshold. This can help you to identify early warning signs of overspending.
Review your billing data regularly.
It is important to review your billing data regularly to identify trends and anomalies. This can help you to identify areas where you can reduce your cloud spend.
Use cost optimization tools.
There are a number of cost optimization tools available that can help you to identify and reduce your cloud costs.
By following these tips, you can actively monitor your GCP cloud spend and identify areas where you can save money.