Deploy dedicated High-Performance Computing clusters for scientific computing and simulations.
Overview
HPC Cluster formations provision dedicated High-Performance Computing clusters for workloads that require tightly coupled parallel processing, low-latency networking, and shared file systems.
Available in On-Demand and Spot modes.
Supported Technologies
| Technology |
Description |
| AWS ParallelCluster |
AWS-native HPC cluster management |
| Terraform scripts |
Custom HPC deployments via IaC |
Architecture
| Component |
Description |
| Head Node |
Cluster controller running the job scheduler |
| Compute Nodes |
Scalable pool of compute instances for job execution |
| Shared Storage |
Shared file system accessible by all nodes |
Configuration
| Setting |
Description |
| Cloud Key |
Credentials for the target cloud account |
| Head Node Instance Type |
Compute resources for the head node |
| Compute Node Instance Type |
Compute resources for worker nodes |
| Compute Node Count |
Min/max/desired number of compute nodes |
| Shared Storage |
File system type and size |
| Job Scheduler |
Slurm or other supported scheduler |
| IaC Template |
CloudFormation, Terraform, or Pulumi script |
Use Cases
| Use Case |
Description |
| Scientific simulations |
CFD, molecular dynamics, climate modeling |
| Genomics |
Genome assembly, variant calling, population genetics |
| Financial modeling |
Monte Carlo simulations, risk analysis |
| Engineering |
FEA, structural analysis, crash simulations |