Four minutes is a 15 GB image pulled through one registry connection; the CUDA error is a container runtime newer than the host driver. The pull arithmetic layer by layer, what a cache hit actually saves, the compatibility rule with its two exceptions, and the image layout that makes both problems go away.
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Four minutes is a 15 GB image pulled through one registry connection; the CUDA error is a container runtime newer than the host driver. The pull arithmetic layer by layer, what a cache hit actually saves, the compatibility rule with its two exceptions, and the image layout that makes both problems go away.
Ranked by how closely each one overlaps this question's topic, so the first card is the thing to read if the answer above moved too fast.
Scored on splitting the pull into layers with a size and a cache status each, on stating the driver-runtime rule precisely (forward compatibility and minor-version compatibility are the two exceptions), and on putting weights outside the image.
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