Supported Machines
The fal runtime lets you specify the size of the machine that your fal functions run on. This is done using the machine_type argument in the fal.function decorator. Currently, the following following options are available:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| XS | 0.25 CPU cores, 256MB RAM (default) |
| S | 0.50 CPU cores, 1GB RAM |
| M | 2 CPU cores, 8GB RAM |
| L | 4 CPU cores, 32GB RAM |
| GPU | 8 CPU cores, 64GB RAM, 1 GPU core (A100, 40GB VRAM) |
For example:
@fal.function(machine_type="GPU")
def my_function():
...
@fal.function(machine_type="L")
def my_other_function():
...By default, the machine_type is set to XS.
You can also switch the machine type of an existing fal function by using the on method.
my_function_S = my_function.on(machine_type="S")In the above example, my_function_S is a new fal function that has the same contents as my_function, but it will run on a machine type S.
Both functions can be called:
my_function() # executed on machine type `GPU`
my_function_S() # same as my_function but executed on machine type `S`my_function is executed on machine type GPU. And my_function_S, which has the same logic as my_function, is now executed on machine type S.