So you want to rent an NVIDIA H100 cluster? 2024 Consumer Guide
Considerations when renting an NVIDIA H100 cluster include price, reliability, spare nodes, storage, support, and management. Testing before committing, monitoring GPU usage, and eco-friendly choices are crucial. Prioritize reliability, efficient interconnects, spare nodes, support, and eco-consciousness. Choose cluster management wisely and understand electricity sources for sustainability.
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The article discusses considerations when renting an NVIDIA H100 cluster, focusing on factors like price, interconnect reliability, spare nodes, storage options, support, and management choices. It emphasizes the importance of testing the cluster before committing, monitoring GPU utilization, and being mindful of CO2 emissions from electricity consumption. The piece highlights the need for reliability, efficient interconnects, spare nodes for quick replacements, and proper support channels for issue resolution. It also touches on the environmental impact of running GPU clusters and suggests prioritizing greener options. The article provides insights into managing clusters, such as choosing between bare metal, VMs, or managed SLURM setups, and the significance of thorough testing before finalizing a rental agreement. Additionally, it mentions the importance of understanding the electricity sources powering the cluster and the potential CO2 emissions associated with its operation.
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8 commentsI'm building a cluster of 16x Dell XE9680's (128 AMD MI300x GPUs) [0], with 8x 2p200G broadcom cards (running at 400G), all connected to a single Dell PowerSwitch Z9864F-ON, which should prevent any slowness. It will be connected over rocev2 [1].
We're going with ethernet because we believe in open standards, and few talk about the fact that the lead time on IB was last quoted to me at 50+ weeks. As kind of mentioned in the article, if you can't even deploy a cluster the speed of the network means less and less.
I can't wait to do some benchmarking on the system to see if we run into similar issues or not. Thankfully, we have a great Dell partnership, with full support, so I believe that we are well covered in terms of any potential issues.
Our datacenter is 100% green and low PUE and we are very proud of that as well. Hope to announce which one soon.
[0] https://hotaisle.xyz/compute/
[1] https://hotaisle.xyz/networking/I love that they included this in their consideration and pointed out the impact running these GPUs has on the environment.
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