get_safe_max_workers_count#

API documentation for tradeexecutor.utils.cpu.get_safe_max_workers_count Python function.

get_safe_max_workers_count(os_reserved_cpus=2)[source]#

Get safe number of worker processes.

  • A helper method to allocate CPUs for a grid search without grinding your computer to a halt

  • Handle the special case of Docker

Parameters:

os_reserved_cpus – Leave this number of CPUs for the host operating systems and other applications.

Returns:

The number of worker processes that it safe to launch without overloading the machine, assuming there is no other load.

Some environments like Docker do not expose the CPU count. In this case we return 1.

Return type:

int