# Colab Pro job running slow
**URL:** https://community.drivendata.org/t/colab-pro-job-running-slow/6980
**Category:** On Cloud N
**Created:** [December 31, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/colab-pro-job-running-slow/6980 "2021-12-31T01:49:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@ajijohn](https://community.drivendata.org/u/ajijohn)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2021, 1:49am UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/colab-pro-job-running-slow/6980/1 "2021-12-31T01:49:28Z")
hey folks,
can anyone suggest hyperparameters to make the run job faster on Google colabpro ? For me, each epoch is taking 6-8 hours. This is running the sample code with 4 bands given by the organizers.
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### Author:  [@kwetstone](https://community.drivendata.org/u/kwetstone)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2021, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/colab-pro-job-running-slow/6980/2 "2021-12-31T18:56:41Z")
@ajijohn one recommendation is to use GPU rather than CPU. Another participant posted a few helpful pointers for code modification: [IMPORTANT: How to speed up Inference & Queue time](https://community.drivendata.org/t/important-how-to-speed-up-inference-queue-time/6986)
I believe you’ll also have to make sure the google colab runtime allows GPU when you start it.
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### Author:  [@ajijohn](https://community.drivendata.org/u/ajijohn)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/colab-pro-job-running-slow/6980/3 "2022-01-04T23:01:05Z")
Thx @kwetstone for pointers, still sorting through Colab.
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### Author:  [@kwetstone](https://community.drivendata.org/u/kwetstone)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/colab-pro-job-running-slow/6980/4 "2022-01-05T15:04:00Z")
@ajijohn not sure if the issue is getting GPU set up, but if so this has a few tips: [Google Colab - Using Free GPU](https://www.tutorialspoint.com/google_colab/google_colab_using_free_gpu.htm)
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### Author:  [@ajijohn](https://community.drivendata.org/u/ajijohn)
#### Post date: [January 6, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://community.drivendata.org/t/colab-pro-job-running-slow/6980/5 "2022-01-06T19:48:39Z")
@kwetstone thx for the link, the issue was with files on Google drive. If I run the training with files on my personal Google drive folder, things are slow vs if I download the files in the active session.