Re:EC2 Bare Metal Instances with Direct Access to Hardware
by brianwawok on Wednesday November 29, 2017 @09:09AM
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> how do Google Cloud and EC2 attach GPUs to instances - given that you can choose CPU and RAM the GPUs must somehow be modularized away from a dedicated server?
Rack A of servers has a base_server_x. Rack B of servers is base_server_x + GPU_Y.
You ask for no GPU, you get a server from rack A. You ask for a GPU, you get a server from rack B.
Rack A of servers has a base_server_x. Rack B of servers is base_server_x + GPU_Y.
You ask for no GPU, you get a server from rack A. You ask for a GPU, you get a server from rack B.
No magic monkey adding GPUs to instances ;)