Re: StarCluster AMI for New GPU instance?

From: Rayson Ho <no email>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 14:55:16 -0500

I was able to run SC on g2 instances using my own AMI, and the minor AWS
issues related to g2 instance types seen at the beginning of the launch
were gone.

We just need to wait for the updated StarCluster AMIs for official
StarCluster g2 support.

Rayson

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On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 6:27 AM, Depardon Benjamin <
benjamin.depardon_at_sysfera.com> wrote:

> Hi Rayson,
>
> Do you have any news about this?
> Did you manage to run StarCluster on g2 instances? I would be very
> interested by this.
>
> Best regards
> Ben
>
> Le 26 nov. 2013 à 18:51, Syoyo Fujita a écrit :
>
> Hello Rayson,
>
> Good to know. Thanks!
>
> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 2:43 AM, Rayson Ho <raysonlogin_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yup, just count on us! :-D
>
>
> Rayson
>
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>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Syoyo Fujita <syoyofujita_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello Rayson,
>
>
> We are working with the AWS guys to make sure that StarCluster runs on
>
> the g2 instances. When it is ready, we will update the list.
>
>
> Cool. So I just need to wait for it?
>
>
> --
>
> Syoyo
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 9:12 AM, Syoyo Fujita <syoyofujita_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello StarCluster-es,
>
>
> I am interesting to build a cluster(MPI + CUDA) with StarCluster for
>
> EC2's new GPU instance(g2.2xlarge), but this instance type requires
>
> specific AMI to run.
>
> Existing StarCluster AMI simply failed to run. Confirmed so far is
>
>
> - Amazon Linux AMI (HVM) 2013.09.1 - ami-d1bfe4b8
>
> - Amazon Linux AMI with NVIDIA GRID GPU Driver
>
> https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00FYCDDTE
>
>
> So I'd like to contribute public StarCluster AMI based on this, but
>
> how can create a StartCluster-ready AMI?
>
>
> I've granted document but couldn't find specific procedures to build
>
> AMI for StarCluster.
>
>
> Is it OK to just install libraries described in this page?
>
>
>
> http://star.mit.edu/cluster/docs/latest/overview.html#starcluster-machine-images-
>
> amis
>
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Syoyo
>
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Received on Tue Jan 07 2014 - 14:55:18 EST