Azure meeting 2023 12 18

EESSI/Azure sync meeting 2023-12-18

• attending: Laura, Davide, Ivar, Bob
• excused: Kenneth

Notes:

• Quick update about recent events, new repo, MultiXscale deliverables and milestones
• Credits
  • Still at about 1000-1500 per month
  • No Magic Castle cluster in Azure yet
    • ETA? Could this be done early 2024?
      • Will check with Alan and Kenneth, who did the same for AWS
      • Developer of MC is on EESSI slack and is very helpful and quick at solving issues
    • When it is in place, we can promote this in various ways/channels
• Davide is interested in using EESSI for CryoEM use cases, for which he needs RELION
  • Tricky because of all its (optional) dependencies
  • Version with AI support needs a very specific version of PyTorch: https://github.com/3dem/relion/issues/972
  • Would need GPU support as well
    • This is almost available in the EESSI repo now, as we need it for MultiXscale by the end of the year