Hi Mehul, Thank you for sharing this. Could you include how this would compare to a GPU AWS instance with FreeSurfer's GPU switch?
Cheers, -Morgan On Feb 1, 2013, at 6:54 PM, Mehul Sampat <mpsam...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Just wanted to share our experience with running FS 5.2-beta on Amazon Web > Services (AWS). > Basically, AWS has multiple instance types > (http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/) and we were trying to figure out > the most cost-effective approach. > > We ran two subjects through FS 5.2-beta on M1 Large Instance (m1.large) and > Cluster Compute Eight Extra Large Instance (cc2.8xlarge). (same subjects run > on both instance). We expected cc2.8xlarge to be faster (but it is also more > expensive: $2.4 per hour; 8 cores); The run-times we got: > > instance-type subject start-time > end-time run-time > m1.large subject-1 01:05:44 UTC 2013 15:40:45 UTC > 2013 ~14hr-35mins > m1.large subject-2 01:06:06 UTC 2013 15:08:45 UTC > 2013 ~14hr-02mins > cc2.8xlarge subject-1 01:26:38 UTC 2013 12:30:23 UTC 2013 > ~11hr-04mins > cc2.8xlarge subject-2 01:27:28 UTC 2013 12:19:08 UTC 2013 > ~10hr-52mins > > Although m1.large is a few hours slower, it seems to be the more cost > effective option since it is $0.24 per hour (2 cores). If you have run > Freesurfer on AWS, do you have a similar experience ? Any suggestions to > speed up the run-times on AWS would be very helpful. > > Thanks > Mehul > > _______________________________________________ > Freesurfer mailing list > Freesurfer@nmr.mgh.harvard.edu > https://mail.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/freesurfer > > > The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is > addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail > contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine > at > http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in > error > but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and > properly > dispose of the e-mail.
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