# High Performance Computing on AWS
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Publication date: **September 1, 2021 ([Diagram history](#diagram-history))**

This architecture enables you to deploy and burst a suite of high performance computing (HPC) cases to the cloud directly from the desktop.

## High Performance Computing on AWS
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![Reference architecture diagram showing how you can use AWS services to deploy and burst a suite of high performance computing (HPC) cases to the cloud directly from the desktop.](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/architecture-diagrams/latest/high-performance-computing-on-aws/images/high-performance-computing.png)


1. Users deploy HPC cases with one of the AWS SDKs or the **AWS Command Line Interface** (AWS CLI). Users can interface directly with the cluster through NICE DCV. 

1. Data is staged both to and from AWS with **Amazon Simple Storage Service** (Amazon S3). **Amazon S3** offers low-cost, reliable storage while interfacing directly to **Amazon FSx for Lustre** for a fully managed, high-performance storage. 

1. Serverless services manage case workflow. **AWS Step Functions** provides workflow management and orchestrates other services, such as serverless compute with **AWS Lambda**. **AWS Systems Manager** can be used for operational management of compute clusters. 

1. **AWS ParallelCluster**, **AWS Batch**, and custom-made clusters lie at the core of the HPC infrastructure, each with access to high-performance **Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud** (Amazon EC2) instances connected by a high performance network with an optional Elastic Fabric Adapter. Cost optimization with Amazon EC2 is achieved with payment-model choice and environment right sizing

1. Manage applications with a consistent, versioned, and repeatable framework. AWS Developer Tools accelerate software development. Installed software can be stored in containers or snapshots, depending on the compute cluster. 

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## Create a free AWS account
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[https://portal.aws.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/registration/index.html](https://portal.aws.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/registration/index.html)

Sign up for an AWS account. New accounts include 12 months of [AWS Free Tier](https://aws.amazon.com/free/) access, including the use of Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and Amazon DynamoDB.

## Further reading
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 For additional information, refer to 
+ [AWS Architecture Icons](https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/icons)
+ [AWS Architecture Center](https://aws.amazon.com/architecture)
+  [AWS Well-Architected](https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/well-architected) 
+  [High Performance Computing Lens — AWS Well-Architected Framework](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/high-performance-computing-lens/welcome.html) 

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