User Guide

This guide introduces the concepts that will help you get the most out of Cubed.

• Executors
  • Local Python executor
  • Which cloud service should I use?
  • Specifying an executor
• Storage
  • Cloud storage
  • Deleting intermediate data
• Memory
  • Allowed memory
  • Projected memory
  • Reserved memory
  • Chunk sizes
• Reliability
  • Strong consistency
  • Retries
  • Timeouts
  • Stragglers
• Scaling
  • Preface: Types of Scaling
  • Theoretical vs Practical Scaling of Cubed
  • Other Performance Considerations
  • Diagnosing Performance
  • Tips