Exam NCP-AII Topic 3 Question 58 Discussion

A multi-stage Docker build (B) is the most efficient approach. It allows you to use a larger image with the CUDA toolkit for building and then copy only the necessary cuDNN libraries to a smaller runtime image, minimizing the final image size. Manually copying libraries (A) is tedious and error-prone. Installing the entire CUDA toolkit (C) unnecessarily increases the image size. The NVIDIA Container Toolkit (D) focuses on enabling GPU access, not dynamically injecting specific libraries. Running an install of cuDNN during the container run is problematic since the image should be self-contained.