Vast.ai
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Vast.ai provides a platform for renting GPUs in the cloud, offering a marketplace with various options for on-demand and interruptible instances. It focuses on cost-effective solutions, allowing users to save on cloud compute expenses. The platform prioritizes data security and provides tools for finding the GPUs needed, along with support for quick-start templates and custom builds. Vast.ai aims to democratize AI by making compute resources widely available.
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Task
Features
• real-time bidding system
• gpu rentals
• secure cloud
• on-demand gpus
• high-security gpu rental
• dlperf: real-time automatic benchmarking
• 1-click deployments
• powerful search console
FAQs
What is Vast.ai?
Vast.ai is a cloud computing, matchmaking, and aggregation service focused on lowering the price of compute-intensive workloads.
What is the Secure Cloud (Only Trusted Datacenters) filter?
Vast.ai partners with vetted datacenter providers all over the globe with equipment in certified locations that are current with ISO 27001 and/or Tier 3/4 standards.
How does Vast.ai work in a nutshell?
Hosts download and run our management software, list their machines, configure prices, and set any default jobs. Clients then find suitable machines using our flexible search interface, rent their desired machines.
What are Vast's advantages?
Vast.ai provides a simple interface to rent powerful machines at the best possible prices, reducing GPU cloud computing costs by ~3x to 5x.
What operating systems are provided? Windows?
Vast currently provides Linux Docker instances, mostly Ubuntu-based, no Windows.
What interface is provided?
Currently, Vast has SSH access (for SSH instances), Jupyter instances with Jupyter GUI, or a command-only instance mode. We do not provide remote desktop.
What is DLPerf?
DLPerf (Deep Learning Performance) - is our own scoring function. It is an approximate estimate of performance for typical deep learning tasks.
We currently offer two rental types: On Demand (High Priority) and Interruptible (Low Priority).
On-Demand instances have a fixed price set by the host and run for as long as the client wants. Interruptible instances use a bidding system: clients set a bid price for their instance.
Are vast.ai interruptible instances the same as AWS spot or GCE interruptible?
They are similar but have a few key differences. AWS spot instances and GCE interruptible instances both can be interrupted by on-demand instances, but they do not use a direct bidding system.
What happens when my interruptible instance loses the bid?
If another user places a higher bid or creates an on-demand rental for the same resources, then your instance will be stopped. Stopping an instance kills the running processes, so when you are using interruptible instances
How can I restart my programs once the instance restarts?
If you use the "custom command" option, then your command will run automatically when the instance starts up. However, if you are using an SSH instance, there is no default startup command.
I see my instance has a Lifetime - what does that mean?
Every instance offer on the Create page has a Max Duration. When you accept an offer and create an instance, this Max Duration becomes the instance lifetime and begins ticking down.
How can I set environment variables?
Use the -e docker syntax in the docker create/run options. For example, to set the env variables TZC to UTC and TASKID to "TEST"
How can I stop the instance from within the instance?
A special instance api key should already be installed in your container. You can just install the vastai CLI and use the stop command
How can I launch another Docker container from within the instance?
Vast currently does not currently support Docker within Docker due to security constraints. You will need to launch each docker container on a separate instance.
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