HPC Cloud Updates WE 23 Jun 2024
Updates to AWS, Azure & GCP in the last week relevant for HPC practitioners
AWS
See what’s at the head of your AWS Batch queues. Could be handy!
Job queue snapshots: see what’s at the head of your queues in AWS Batch | Amazon Web Services
AWS Batch just grew a neat new feature: Job queue snapshots. This gives you the visibility you need for managing throughput in a dynamic environment - with competing priorities - and across multiple queues and workloads. Today we give you the inside scoop on how this feature works - especially when you’re using fair share scheduling.
Running your HPC workload on Graviton? r7g and c7g EC2 instance types are now also available in Milan, Hong Kong and Sao Paolo.
Amazon EC2 C7g and R7g instances are now available in additional regions - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Amazon EC2 C7g and R7g instances are now available in additional regions
And if you’re stuck on x86 and Intel then c7i-flex types are also available in Ohio.
Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances are now available in US East (Ohio) Region - AWS
Discover more about what’s new at AWS with Amazon EC2 C7i-flex instances are now available in US East (Ohio) Region
Azure
The Azure update site is still under maintenance… updates via Azure Tech Community lets us know the following that may be of interest to HPC folk:
- Redis 7.2 now available for Azure Cache for Redis Enterprise.
- Windows Server 2025 is in Public Preview
Week of June 20, 2024: Azure Updates
Week of June 20, 2024: Azure Updates
GCP
Need data across Europe and the Americas? Maybe this will help when it goes live;
Introducing the Nuvem subsea cable | Google Cloud Blog
The Nuvem submarine cable will connect Portugal, Bermuda and South Carolina, and will be Bermuda’s first transatlantic fiber optic route.
