Introducing AWS Parallel Computing Service [PCS-001]

Brendan Bouffler
Date : August 28, 2024
Categories : AI/ML ,AWS Batch ,AWS ParallelCluster ,Amazon NICE DCV ,Elastic Fabric Adapter ,Life Sciences
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Introducing AWS Parallel Computing Service, which is for customers who run high performance computing (HPC) workloads and build scientific and engineering models so they can accelerate their R&D and drive innovation.

If you have ideas for technical topics you’d like to see us cover in a future show, let us know by emailing us at ask-hpc@amazon.com.

Chapters

00:00 - Start 02:49 - Migrating HPC applications to the cloud 03:32 - Patching systems 04:11 - Compute, storage, and networking 04:35 - PCS can support a lot of different workloads 05:02 - PCS uses Slurm 05:26 - Slurm runs in an AWS managed environment 06:02 - PCS handles scaling for you 06:23 - Easy access to new instance types 06:40 - Patching and maintenance 07:31 - Automated updates 07:41 - Complex set ups 08:09 - Visualization desktops 08:35 - PCS uses familiar interfaces