expected training time.

[xiekunwhy]

Hi,

I want to train models myself, I have a computer without GPU, only 64 threads with 512Gb memory. I have about 150 plant genomes downloaded from ensembl and/or other database with busco C > 90%.
Could you please give an expected training time using above data and resource?

Best,
Kun

[LarsGab]

Hi,

It is challenging to estimate training time accurately, as it depends on for example the size of the training data, the input species, and the performance of your CPU. If your computational resources are limited, I recommend training only the pre-HMM part. For mammals, we trained the pre-HMM part for six days using 4xA100 GPUs. On our 64-thread CPU, this would take approximately 36 times longer with the same batch size. However, with 512 GB of memory, it might be possible to increase the batch size, which may reduce he training time.

Best,
Lars