High Performance Computing (HPC)

• Cloud is perfect for HPC
• Cluster placement group for low latency inter-nodal communication
• EC2 Enhanced Networking (SR-IOV)
  • Elastic Network Adapter (ENA)
    • Supported in both Linux & Windows
  • Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA)
    • Enhanced for HPC
    • Supported in Linux only
    • Leverages Message Passing Interface (MPI) standard
    • Bypasses the underlying Linux OS to provide low-latency networking