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Spack is Research Computing's Best Friend

Research and cloud computing are a perfect fit, but the reality of managing software on dynamic clusters in the cloud can be a challenge. Fortunately, nifty tools like Spack can help get you up and running with optimised versions of your required software in just minutes.

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Selecting the Right Machine Type for the Right Job

RONIN and cloud computing represent a different way of thinking. Choosing a machine type means understanding how different selections for CPU, memory, storage, and other characteristics will affect the time to do your work. This blog post will provide some guidelines for choosing wisely.

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Using Spot Instances to Reduce Cluster Costs

By requesting unused AWS EC2 instances at a discounted price via the Spot market, you can significantly reduce your cluster costs. This article will explain the pros and cons of Spot instances and provide you with some tips for getting started.

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Configuring and Managing Your own Autoscaling Cluster

Configuring and managing your own autoscaling cluster in the cloud does take a bit of getting used to. Luckily we're here to teach you the ropes and help you get your cluster set up just the way you like it!

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New Machine or New Autoscaling Cluster? Which Should I Choose?

When you begin to work with RONIN you are immediately faced with a choice — do you create a new machine? Or an autoscaling cluster? And what is the difference and why do you have to choose at all? MachinesA machine is a single computer, even though it can have multiple

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Data Management in RONIN

Effective data management is crucial in the cloud but with so many storage options available, things can be a little confusing. This blog post summarises all you need to know about the different data storage options in RONIN and when to use them.

Hyper-threading

What is Hyper-Threading?

Watch this awesome short video using food analogies to get an understanding of what Hyper-threading is!

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Create an Auto Scale Cluster

Auto Scale Clusters in RONIN are your very own High Performance Computers that automatically scale by CPU's as workloads get more intensive. They're really easy to fire up. No, really!

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Changing / Resizing Machines in RONIN

Change the size of your machine with just a few clicks. From a machine with 1 vCPU and 0.5 GiB of RAM to a whopping 128 vCPUs and a 3,904 GiB of RAM

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