HPC Cloud Updates WE 08 Sept 2024
Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners
AWS
Wanted to try out AWS new Parallel Compute Service but still finding it daunting? There’s a jump start kit to get you going
Jumpstart your HPC journey with the AWS Parallel Computing Service getting started kit | Amazon Web Services
If designing next-gen vehicles or chasing cures is part of your job, don’t miss this. We just launched a major new HPC service to help you scale complex workloads rapidly. Get the details on how AWS Parallel Computing Service can speed up your R&D.
r7i instances now available in more places
Amazon EC2 R7i instances are now available in additional AWS region - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Amazon EC2 R7i instances are now available in additional AWS region
x2idn available in Bahrain
Amazon EC2 X2idn instances now available in Middle East (Bahrain) region - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Amazon EC2 X2idn instances now available in Middle East (Bahrain) region
Azure
Want to automatically repair your compute nodes? Using VMSS? Now you can
Generally Available: VMSS Automatic Instance Repairs – Reimage, Restart Repair Actions
Generally Available: VMSS Automatic Instance Repairs – Reimage, Restart Repair Actions
Public IP addresses are now zone redundant. Not available everywhere yet but will be eventually.
Generally Available: Azure Public IPs are zone redundant by default
Generally Available: Azure Public IPs are zone redundant by default
GCP
Want to recover lost compute nodes quickly? This might help
Introducing Compute Engine instant snapshots | Google Cloud Blog
Compute Engine instant snapshots provide near-instantaneous, high-frequency, point-in-time disk checkpoints that you can rapidly restore if needed.
