data loading

Convert useful tokens into input traffic, then calculate separate checkpoint and restore budgets. Learn why an asynchronous writer can keep up with the cadence and still miss the recovery deadline.

Compare serialized and overlapped storage paths, then test whether direct GPU I/O improves the actual pipeline stage.

Design a durable dataset and optional working-set cache around access semantics, request overhead and versioned readiness.

Measure batch readiness and producer capacity, then size prefetch for bursts without hiding a sustained throughput deficit.