Amazon EKS natively supports EC2 capacity blocks for ML
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The article discusses new support in Amazon EKS for using EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML workloads natively with managed node groups.
Specifically, the article covers:
- EC2 Capacity Blocks provide assured and predictable access to GPU instances for AI/ML workloads
- EKS managed node groups now support using EC2 Launch Templates targeting Capacity Block reservations
- This simplifies capacity planning for AI/ML workloads on Kubernetes clusters
- Capacity Blocks can be reserved up to 8 weeks in advance for the required duration
- The feature is currently available in US East (Ohio), US East (N. Virginia), and US West (Oregon) AWS Regions
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