EESSI/AWS sync meeting (2023-05-11)

• link to AWS project doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CHG9fCh2LkfJ-EI8J-_Wr5NpHL5iwm8Wu6syfK9h7-c

Next meeting

• Thu 8 June 2023, 12:00 UTC
• Thu 13 July 2023, 12:00 UTC

Notes previous meetings

• 13 April 2023: https://github.com/EESSI/meetings/wiki/AWS-meeting-2023-04-13
• 9 Mar 2023: https://github.com/EESSI/meetings/wiki/AWS-meeting-2023-03-09
• 11 Jan 2023: https://github.com/EESSI/meetings/wiki/AWS-meeting-2023-01-11

Notes 11 May 2023 (12:00 UTC)

• status update on sponsored credits
  • $15k extra sponsored credits (EESSI Q22023) are in place
  • EFS cleanup: ~4TB of bot "checkpoints" removed => $135/day -> $114/day of total cost ($54 to $28 for EFS)
• ISC'23
  • Eli (HPCNow) will be attending
  • Brendan & Matt will be there
  • Could record Tech Short on EESSI?
    • Or could also do that later post-ISC
    • After integration of EESSI in ParallelCluster
      • Cfr. https://eessi.github.io/docs/getting_access/native_installation
      • https://docs.aws.amazon.com/parallelcluster/latest/ug/custom-bootstrap-actions-v3.html
    • 30min prep meeting
    • 1h online recording session
    • some editing afterwards, aiming for ~8min video
    • recording session on Tue 30 May 2023 at 11:00-12:00 CEST
    • script (could be 2-3 episodes if needed)
      • Why was EESSI started (motivation)
      • Demo: show how it works (with GROMACS)
        • "empty" Amazon Linux VM (test first!)
        • or Ubuntu 20.04/22.04
      • How AWS is helping with this
      • Use cases (separate video?)
      • Integration with ParallelCluster (separate video?)
        • demo with EFA (Ubuntu 20.04 - 22.04 is in a next PC version?)
      • GPU support (separate video - currently WIP in EESSI pilot version 2023.04)