AWS Parallel Computing Service
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Section titled “Concept”AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) lets you easily run HPC clusters for scientific and engineering calculations. HPC (High Performance Computing) means many computers working together on one big calculation. PCS uses Slurm, a popular scheduler, to divide the work, and AWS itself runs the Slurm controller as a managed service. The calculations run on compute node groups of EC2 instances, which scale up and down with the work. For storing data, shared storage like FSx for Lustre or EFS is usually attached.
Simple example
Section titled “Simple example”A huge calculation finishes fast when it is split among a thousand students — with one teacher coordinating.
Why it’s needed
Section titled “Why it’s needed”Calculations like weather forecasts or testing car designs would take years on one computer.
Where it’s used
Section titled “Where it’s used”Scientific simulations, engineering design.
Azure equivalent
Section titled “Azure equivalent”Azure CycleCloud
Learn more
Section titled “Learn more”For details and the latest information, see the official documentation: