Elastic high-performance computing on the cloud supports the rapid development of the life science industry, reducing costs and increasing efficiency

brief introduction ： Life science research has long been inseparable from high-performance computing （High Performance Computing,HPC） The assistance of . From computer aided drug design 、 Vaccine development , To gene data processing and analysis , And then to provide precise medical services for cancer treatment 、 Prenatal screening and other medical technologies , High performance computing HPC It plays a very important role in life science research . And clouds , How can it help the development of the industry , Help industries reduce costs and increase efficiency ？

With the maturity of cloud computing technology services and practices , More and more industries have realized the transformation and upgrading of the whole industry through cloud , The life science industry in the golden age is no exception .

As an industry with high data volume and high computing volume , Life science research has long been inseparable from high-performance computing （High Performance Computing） The assistance of , From computer aided drug design 、 Vaccine development , To provide precise medical services through genetic testing 、 Prenatal screening, etc , High performance computing HPC It plays a very important role in life science research .

As the No. 1 cloud manufacturer in China , Alibaba cloud's global infrastructure and fast 、 elastic 、 Security 、 Efficient cloud computing services , It is the only choice for life science enterprises to go to the cloud .

Current solutions for the life science industry 80％ All offline IDC Supercomputing cluster scheme , With genomics 、 The continuous evolution of biopharmaceutical technology and the continuous development of computer science , Traditional computer cluster resources can no longer meet the needs of life science industry and technology evolution , It is generally faced with poor scalability 、 Performance bottlenecks 、 The pain point of management and maintenance , We also hope to embrace the public cloud architecture 、 Using new technologies such as heterogeneous computing and artificial intelligence .

Alibaba cloud believes that , cloud High performance computing on Is currently the HPC The best way to build and use . in the light of Relevant needs of the life science industry , Alibaba cloud relies on its worldwide computing power and the industry-leading DPCA architecture , Provide high-performance computing public Cloud solutions 、 Hybrid cloud solutions 、 Large memory instance performance optimization solution 、 Containerized solutions 、 Pharmacy AI Solutions, etc , It can cover the needs of different scenarios in the industry , And has the following advantages ：

1. Rich computing power ： Alibaba cloud It operates in four continents around the world 27 A public cloud region 、84 Usable area ; On the cloud Automatic scaling capability supports scheduling across data centers , The types of computing resources that meet the requirements of large-scale parallel jobs can also be flexibly configured according to the scheduler queue to support multi specification heterogeneous computing power , And large memory 、 High main frequency and other specifications CPU example ;
   
2. Flexible cost reduction ： Alibaba cloud elastic high-performance computing E-HPC The platform can be dynamically created / Delete calculation node , Flexibly configure the scaling strategy , Elastic billing based on actual load , The price of preemptive instances is as low as 1 fold , Reduce customer use costs , Improve operation quality and speed ;
   
3. Simple operation and maintenance ： Full compatibility HPC Business , Automatically set up a cluster , Provide job performance analysis , Based on clusters respectively 、 example 、 Process and other dimensions locate hot spots , Support visual output of job report , Provide user 、 Mission 、 Consumption composition of queue and other dimensions ;
   
4. New technology empowerment ：IaaS layer , Alibaba cloud continues to iterate over the latest computing power ,SaaS and PaaS There are hundreds of third-party partners integrating with Alibaba cloud , Enable life science enterprises to quickly obtain relevant technical services . Alibaba cloud's rich ecology and continuous iterative technical capabilities on the cloud , Help enterprises enjoy the whole process of technical services and the latest technology dividends .
   

Alibaba cloud high performance computing is widely used in industrial simulation （CAD/CAE）、 chip design （EDA）、 Biomedical materials 、 Energy exploration and public services .

Shenzhen technology uses the cost optimization strategy of flexible supply , Combined with the price of preemptive instances , With 30% Cost to complete the delivery of massive resources . At the same time, cloud elastic high-performance computing E-HPC Features of automatic operation and maintenance , It reduces the operation and maintenance cost of Shenshi technology , Improve the efficiency of cluster management .

Shengting medical, a life medicine enterprise, has optimized the tradition by going to the cloud IDC Data reliability of cluster 、 Operation and maintenance cost and efficiency , The efficiency of gene comparison and analysis has been improved 70%. Alibaba cloud's high-performance computing team also combines Slurm Business workflow dependency Combined with automatic scaling , Reduce the waste of invalid computing resources , It effectively reduces the use cost .

On the official website of Alibaba cloud “ Alibaba cloud life science best practices ” In the program , Four experts from Alibaba cloud will discuss the current situation of the life science industry 、 Solutions and application cases , Let's learn how Alibaba cloud helps the development of the life science industry , Welcome to Click on the topic page below watch .

https://developer.aliyun.com/topic/life_science_best_practice

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