<div dir="ltr">Thanks so much Jacob.<div><br></div><div>I am considering the following options:</div><div>Option 1:</div><div>1) Launching an "imagehost" with an AWS AMI that already has CUDA on it (<a href="https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00FYCDDTE">https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B00FYCDDTE</a>)</div><div>2) Installing star cluster on it (<a href="http://star.mit.edu/cluster/docs/latest/installation.html">http://star.mit.edu/cluster/docs/latest/installation.html</a>)</div><div>3) Create an EBS-backed AMI from this: <a href="http://star.mit.edu/cluster/docs/latest/manual/create_new_ami.html">http://star.mit.edu/cluster/docs/latest/manual/create_new_ami.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Option 2:</div><div>1) Launching an "imagehost" with one of the public starcluster AMIs (eg, <span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">[11] ami-12b6477b us-east-1 starcluster-base-centos-5.4-</span><span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">x86_64-ebs-hvm-gpu-rc2)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.6666669845581px">2) Updating its cuda version (<a href="http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using_cluster_computing.html#install-nvidia-driver">http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/using_cluster_computing.html#install-nvidia-driver</a>)</span></div><div>3) Create an EBS-backed AMI from this: <a href="http://star.mit.edu/cluster/docs/latest/manual/create_new_ami.html">http://star.mit.edu/cluster/docs/latest/manual/create_new_ami.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Would both of these methods work? Is one preferable to the other? Is option #1, step 2, the correct way of installing star cluster on an AMI for it to work correctly with star cluster?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Avner</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 1:32 PM, Jacob Barhak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jacob.barhak@gmail.com" target="_blank">jacob.barhak@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Avner,</div><div><br></div><div>This is a quick answer, until one of the specialist returns with a better one.</div><div><br></div><div>First, you have to make sure that the instance you are renting from Amazon will be compatible and have the GPU hardware you need.</div><div><br></div><div>Then, the safest thing is to run the AMI on your selected instance and see if your software runs outside StarCluster using the Amazon interfaces. If you see you have all the software and hardware you need, move to configure StarCluster to create a cluster with your AMI.</div><div><br></div><div>Each AMI has many software tools on it, so chances are that unless specific software is advertised you need to check if it exists by running it. Yet note that AMI and instance are separate definitions.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope this gives you something to work with.</div><div><br></div><div> Jacob</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Avner May <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:avnermay@cs.columbia.edu" target="_blank">avnermay@cs.columbia.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I'm a new star cluster user, and a new member to this list. Not sure what the etiquette is for emailing the list.</div><div><br></div><div>I have the following question: When I perform "starcluster listpublic", I see a list of AMI's (see command output below). However, I have no idea how each of these AMIs is configured. For example, I need GPU support for my work, so I would like my AMI to have CUDA pre-installed, and for it to support being launched with the AWS GPU instances (eg, "g2.2xlarge"). Where can I get detailed information about each of these AMI's??</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks so much,</div><div>Avner</div><div><br></div><div>=============================<br></div><div><div>C:\Windows\system32>starcluster listpublic</div><div>StarCluster - (<a href="http://star.mit.edu/cluster" target="_blank">http://star.mit.edu/cluster</a>) (v. 0.95.6)</div><div>Software Tools for Academics and Researchers (STAR)</div><div>Please submit bug reports to <a href="mailto:starcluster@mit.edu" target="_blank">starcluster@mit.edu</a></div><div><br></div><div>>>> Listing all public StarCluster images...</div><div><br></div><div>32bit Images:</div><div>-------------</div><div>[0] ami-9bf9c9f2 us-east-1 starcluster-base-ubuntu-13.04-x86 (EBS)</div><div>[1] ami-7c5c3915 us-east-1 starcluster-base-ubuntu-12.04-x86 (EBS)</div><div>[2] ami-899d49e0 us-east-1 starcluster-base-ubuntu-11.10-x86 (EBS)</div><div>[3] ami-8cf913e5 us-east-1 starcluster-base-ubuntu-10.04-x86-rc3</div><div>[4] ami-d1c42db8 us-east-1 starcluster-base-ubuntu-9.10-x86-rc8</div><div><br></div><div>64bit Images:</div><div>--------------</div><div>[0] ami-3393a45a us-east-1 starcluster-base-ubuntu-13.04-x86_64 (EBS)</div><div>[1] ami-6b211202 us-east-1 starcluster-base-ubuntu-13.04-x86_64-hvm (HVM-EBS)</div><div>[2] ami-52a0c53b us-east-1 starcluster-base-ubuntu-12.04-x86_64-hvm (HVM-EBS)</div><div>[3] ami-765b3e1f us-east-1 starcluster-base-ubuntu-12.04-x86_64 (EBS)</div><div>[4] ami-4583572c us-east-1 starcluster-base-ubuntu-11.10-x86_64-hvm (HVM-EBS)</div><div>[5] ami-999d49f0 us-east-1 starcluster-base-ubuntu-11.10-x86_64 (EBS)</div><div>[6] ami-0af31963 us-east-1 starcluster-base-ubuntu-10.04-x86_64-rc1</div><div>[7] ami-2faa7346 us-east-1 starcluster-base-ubuntu-10.04-x86_64-qiime-1.4.0 (EBS)</div><div>[8] ami-8852a0e1 us-east-1 starcluster-base-ubuntu-10.04-x86_64-hadoop</div><div>[9] ami-a5c42dcc us-east-1 starcluster-base-ubuntu-9.10-x86_64-rc4</div><div>[10] ami-06a75a6f us-east-1 starcluster-base-centos-5.4-x86_64-ebs-hvm-gpu-hadoop-rc2 (HVM-EBS)</div><div>[11] ami-12b6477b us-east-1 starcluster-base-centos-5.4-x86_64-ebs-hvm-gpu-rc2 (HVM-EBS)</div><div><br></div><div>total images: 17</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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