Important

New Docs are available at https://docs.aws.amazon.com/parallelcluster

All new features, starting with 2.4.0, will be documented there.

AWS ParallelCluster

AWS ParallelCluster is an AWS supported Open Source cluster management tool that makes it easy for you to deploy and manage High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters in the AWS cloud. Built on the Open Source CfnCluster project, AWS ParallelCluster enables you to quickly build an HPC compute environment in AWS. It automatically sets up the required compute resources and a shared filesystem and offers a variety of batch schedulers such as AWS Batch, SGE, Torque, and Slurm. AWS ParallelCluster facilitates both quick start proof of concepts (POCs) and production deployments. You can build higher level workflows, such as a Genomics portal that automates the entire DNA sequencing workflow, on top of AWS ParallelCluster.

Getting Started

If you’ve never used AWS ParallelCluster before, you should read the Getting Started with AWS ParallelCluster guide to get familiar with pcluster & its usage.