Google Colab Variable values
I am using a Google Colab Jupyter notebook for algorithm training and have been struggling with an annoying problem. Since Colab is running in a VM environment, all my variables become undefined if my session is idle for a few hours. I come back from lunch and the training dataframe that takes a while to load becomes undefined and I have to read_csv again to load my dataframes.
Does anyone know how to rectify this?
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I am using a Google Colab Jupyter notebook for algorithm training and have been struggling with an annoying problem. Since Colab is running in a VM environment, all my variables become undefined if my session is idle for a few hours. I come back from lunch and the training dataframe that takes a while to load becomes undefined and I have to read_csv again to load my dataframes.
Does anyone know how to rectify this?
google-colaboratory
edited Nov 12 at 19:12
Joel
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asked Nov 12 at 13:12
denis meng
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I am using a Google Colab Jupyter notebook for algorithm training and have been struggling with an annoying problem. Since Colab is running in a VM environment, all my variables become undefined if my session is idle for a few hours. I come back from lunch and the training dataframe that takes a while to load becomes undefined and I have to read_csv again to load my dataframes.
Does anyone know how to rectify this?
google-colaboratory
edited Nov 12 at 19:12
Joel
1,5746719
asked Nov 12 at 13:12
denis meng
132
I am using a Google Colab Jupyter notebook for algorithm training and have been struggling with an annoying problem. Since Colab is running in a VM environment, all my variables become undefined if my session is idle for a few hours. I come back from lunch and the training dataframe that takes a while to load becomes undefined and I have to read_csv again to load my dataframes.
Does anyone know how to rectify this?
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edited Nov 12 at 19:12
Joel
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asked Nov 12 at 13:12
denis meng
132
edited Nov 12 at 19:12
Joel
1,5746719
asked Nov 12 at 13:12
denis meng
132
edited Nov 12 at 19:12
Joel
1,5746719
edited Nov 12 at 19:12
Joel
1,5746719
edited Nov 12 at 19:12
Joel
1,5746719
1,5746719
asked Nov 12 at 13:12
denis meng
132
asked Nov 12 at 13:12
denis meng
132
asked Nov 12 at 13:12
denis meng
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If the notebook is idle for some time, it might get recycled: "Virtual machines are recycled when idle for a while" (see colaboratory faq)
There is also an imposed hard limit for a virtual machine to run (up to about 12 hours !?).
What could also happen is that your notebook gets disconnected from the internet / google colab. This could be an issue with your network. Read more about this here or here
There are no ways to "rectify" this, but if you have processed some data you could add a step to save it to google drive before entering the idle state.
answered Nov 12 at 14:53
Adi Fatol
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Thanks for the reply. When you say 'add a step to save it to google drive', do you mean using something like 'pickle' to dump the variables to google drive? Or is there a cleverer way to save variables to google drive?
– denis meng
Nov 12 at 15:18
Yes, I meant save them using pickle and then uploading them to google drive using one of these methods colab.research.google.com/notebooks/io.ipynb
– Adi Fatol
Nov 12 at 18:40
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If the notebook is idle for some time, it might get recycled: "Virtual machines are recycled when idle for a while" (see colaboratory faq)
There is also an imposed hard limit for a virtual machine to run (up to about 12 hours !?).
What could also happen is that your notebook gets disconnected from the internet / google colab. This could be an issue with your network. Read more about this here or here
There are no ways to "rectify" this, but if you have processed some data you could add a step to save it to google drive before entering the idle state.
answered Nov 12 at 14:53
Adi Fatol
474816
Thanks for the reply. When you say 'add a step to save it to google drive', do you mean using something like 'pickle' to dump the variables to google drive? Or is there a cleverer way to save variables to google drive?
– denis meng
Nov 12 at 15:18
Yes, I meant save them using pickle and then uploading them to google drive using one of these methods colab.research.google.com/notebooks/io.ipynb
– Adi Fatol
Nov 12 at 18:40
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If the notebook is idle for some time, it might get recycled: "Virtual machines are recycled when idle for a while" (see colaboratory faq)
There is also an imposed hard limit for a virtual machine to run (up to about 12 hours !?).
What could also happen is that your notebook gets disconnected from the internet / google colab. This could be an issue with your network. Read more about this here or here
There are no ways to "rectify" this, but if you have processed some data you could add a step to save it to google drive before entering the idle state.
answered Nov 12 at 14:53
Adi Fatol
474816
Thanks for the reply. When you say 'add a step to save it to google drive', do you mean using something like 'pickle' to dump the variables to google drive? Or is there a cleverer way to save variables to google drive?
– denis meng
Nov 12 at 15:18
Yes, I meant save them using pickle and then uploading them to google drive using one of these methods colab.research.google.com/notebooks/io.ipynb
– Adi Fatol
Nov 12 at 18:40
add a comment |
If the notebook is idle for some time, it might get recycled: "Virtual machines are recycled when idle for a while" (see colaboratory faq)
There is also an imposed hard limit for a virtual machine to run (up to about 12 hours !?).
What could also happen is that your notebook gets disconnected from the internet / google colab. This could be an issue with your network. Read more about this here or here
There are no ways to "rectify" this, but if you have processed some data you could add a step to save it to google drive before entering the idle state.
answered Nov 12 at 14:53
Adi Fatol
474816
If the notebook is idle for some time, it might get recycled: "Virtual machines are recycled when idle for a while" (see colaboratory faq)
There is also an imposed hard limit for a virtual machine to run (up to about 12 hours !?).
What could also happen is that your notebook gets disconnected from the internet / google colab. This could be an issue with your network. Read more about this here or here
There are no ways to "rectify" this, but if you have processed some data you could add a step to save it to google drive before entering the idle state.
answered Nov 12 at 14:53
Adi Fatol
474816
answered Nov 12 at 14:53
Adi Fatol
474816
answered Nov 12 at 14:53
Adi Fatol
474816
answered Nov 12 at 14:53
Adi Fatol
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Thanks for the reply. When you say 'add a step to save it to google drive', do you mean using something like 'pickle' to dump the variables to google drive? Or is there a cleverer way to save variables to google drive?
– denis meng
Nov 12 at 15:18
Yes, I meant save them using pickle and then uploading them to google drive using one of these methods colab.research.google.com/notebooks/io.ipynb
– Adi Fatol
Nov 12 at 18:40
add a comment |
Thanks for the reply. When you say 'add a step to save it to google drive', do you mean using something like 'pickle' to dump the variables to google drive? Or is there a cleverer way to save variables to google drive?
– denis meng
Nov 12 at 15:18
Yes, I meant save them using pickle and then uploading them to google drive using one of these methods colab.research.google.com/notebooks/io.ipynb
– Adi Fatol
Nov 12 at 18:40
Thanks for the reply. When you say 'add a step to save it to google drive', do you mean using something like 'pickle' to dump the variables to google drive? Or is there a cleverer way to save variables to google drive?
– denis meng
Nov 12 at 15:18
Thanks for the reply. When you say 'add a step to save it to google drive', do you mean using something like 'pickle' to dump the variables to google drive? Or is there a cleverer way to save variables to google drive?
– denis meng
Nov 12 at 15:18
Yes, I meant save them using pickle and then uploading them to google drive using one of these methods colab.research.google.com/notebooks/io.ipynb
– Adi Fatol
Nov 12 at 18:40
Yes, I meant save them using pickle and then uploading them to google drive using one of these methods colab.research.google.com/notebooks/io.ipynb
– Adi Fatol
Nov 12 at 18:40
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