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Generating and Interpreting Predictions
Amazon ML provides two mechanisms for generating predictions: asynchronous (batch-based) and synchronous (one-at-a-time).
Use asynchronous predictions, or batch predictions, when you have a number of observations and would like to obtain
predictions for the observations all at once. The process uses a datasource as input, and
outputs predictions into a .csv file stored in an S3 bucket of your choice. You need to wait
until the batch prediction process completes before you can access the prediction results. The
maximum size of a datasource that Amazon ML can process in a batch file is 1 TB (approximately 100
million records). If your datasource is larger than 1 TB, your job will fail and Amazon ML will
return an error code. To prevent this, divide your data into multiple batches. If your records
are typically longer, you will reach the 1 TB limit before 100 million records are processed. In
this case, we recommend that you contact AWS
support
Use synchronous, or real-time predictions, when you want to obtain predictions at low latency. The real-time prediction API accepts a single input observation serialized as a JSON string, and synchronously returns the prediction and associated metadata as part of the API response. You can simultaneously invoke the API more than once to obtain synchronous predictions in parallel. For more information about throughput limits of the real-time prediction API, see real-time prediction limits in Amazon ML API reference.
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