Windows Server 2012 R2 with NVIDIA GRID GPU Driver
NVIDIA | 2020.09.09Windows, Windows Server 2012 R2 6.3 - 64-bit Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
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This IMA is not based to Windows Server 2012 R2 but it use the Windows Server 2012 version too!
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On-demand (or reserved) only!
It's great that nVidia are making images with drivers available in the AWS Marketplace, but these don't seem to be usable with a spot instance!
With a low budget and the ability to be selective about when I'm running instances, spot instances are ideal for me, and make the difference between feasible and infeasible.
The inability to use these images with spot pricing is a deal-breaker for me.
does't work for cuda application !
I try to get my password after a long time ...
And when i receive my password, this computer doesn't work for cuba application
Adobe Media Encoder - the best EC2 instance
I was looking for a way to accelerate rendering of a batch of clips using Adobe Media Encoder on EC2 Instance(s).
The given batch can be parallel rendered on several instances so the perfect instance will have the most clips per 1$.
A few instance types were tested on the same batch and the results are surprising to me:
windows small : too weak - not responsive
windows medium : 12 Min (avg per clip)
windows large : 11 Min
windows g2.2xl : (Without using the Nvidia) : 10.5 Mins
windows g2.2xl : (After a long fight to get Media Encoder to utilize Nvidia and being forced to remote it with TeamViewer) : 10 Mins
Given the prices of the instances - the best choice for me is Windows medium.
Happy rendering!
No CUDA 6.5 support
Tried to install multiple versions of CUDA toolkit (6.0,6.5,7.0..) on g2.2xlarge and g2.8xlarge instances but this AMI only supports the old 5.x versions.
New drivers (340.x, 343.x, 347.x) installs without errors but when I try to run any CUDA program (deviceQuery.exe for example) it fails with: "no cuda-capable device is detected".
This AMI should be updated to be really useful for the AWS customers that is looking for a windows CUDA rig.