HPC options in Azure

- [Instructor] In the last lecture, … I mentioned that you could get access to … a Craig supercomputer through Azure. … That requires a conversation with Microsoft, … and I'm not going to consider that … as one of their HPC options, … even though it technically is. … So what is a more realistic option … for high performance compute in Azure? … Azure provides a specific series of machines … known as the H-Series to provide … HPC services to its customers. … These servers have the most modern … and powerful CPUs available. … And as an optional feature, … the servers themselves are running on a special … high-speed network known as RDMA. … The benefit of this RDMA network is that … you can connect to other servers on the … same network at incredible speeds. … For instance, RDMA features 56 or 100 gigabits … per second performance. … That is like transferring an entire DVD … from one computer to another in under a second. … If you need this feature, … you can find servers that support that. …