HPC Cloud Updates WE 22 Sep 2024
Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners
AWS
Using AWS Batch to orchestrate Open AI’s speech recognition model Whisper
Whisper audio transcription powered by AWS Batch and AWS Inferentia | Amazon Web Services
Transcribe audio files at scale for really low cost using Whisper and AWS Batch with Inferentia. Check out this post to deploy a cost-effective solution in minutes!
New Graviton memory optimized instances x8g launched
Now available: Graviton4-powered memory-optimized Amazon EC2 X8g instances | Amazon Web Services
New memory-optimized X8g instances offer up to 3 TiB DDR5 memory, 192 vCPUs, and 50 Gbps network bandwidth, designed for memory-intensive workloads like databases, analytics, and caching with unparalleled price/performance and efficiency.
Jeff Barr
Amazon FSx for Lustre available in US East
Amazon FSx for Lustre is now available in the AWS US East (Dallas) Local Zone - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Amazon FSx for Lustre is now available in the AWS US East (Dallas) Local Zone
u12-tb.112xlarge now available in Cape Town
Amazon EC2 High Memory instances now available in Africa (Cape Town) Region - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Amazon EC2 High Memory instances now available in Africa (Cape Town) Region
g6 instances available in Spain
Amazon EC2 G6 instances now available in Spain region - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Amazon EC2 G6 instances now available in Spain region
Azure
A new way to export metrics in bulk from Azure. Could be handy for your HPC observability solution
Public Preview: Announcing Azure Monitor Metrics Export in public preview
Public Preview: Announcing Azure Monitor Metrics Export in public preview
Google Cloud
Cluster toolkit is now officially supported!
Google Cloud latest news and announcements | Google Cloud Blog
Find Google Cloud’s latest newest updates, announcements, resources, events, learning opportunities, and more in one handy location.
