Platform For AI:Work with EAS resource groups

Resource types

Dedicated resources are classified into subscription and pay-as-you-go resources. The following table compares subscription and pay-as-you-go resources.

Create a dedicated resource group

1. Log on to the PAI console. Select a region on the top of the page. Then, select the desired workspace and click Enter Elastic Algorithm Service (EAS).

2. On the Elastic Algorithm Service (EAS) page, click the Resource Group tab. On the Resource Group tab, choose Create Resource Group > Create Resource Group (Subscription) or Create Resource Group (Pay-as-you-go). On the page that appears, configure the following parameters.

   Parameter	Description
   Billing Method	Select Subscription or Pay-as-you-go.
   Region and Zone	Select the region and zone where the resource group resides.
   Node Type	Select an instance type. For information about the supported GPU and CPU instance types, see EAS pre-payment for dedicated machine or EAS post-payment for dedicated machine. Note The valid values of the Node Type parameter vary based on the region that you select.
   System Disk	Select a system disk capacity. Valid values for each instance: 200 to 2000. Unit: GB. Each instance has a free quota of 200 GB. You are charged for the storage capacity that exceeds the free quota. For more information, see Billing of EAS.
   Billing Method	Select Create Resource Group or Existing Resource Group. If you select Existing Resource Group, you must configure the Resource Group ID parameter.
   Resource Group ID	Select a resource group ID from the drop-down list.
   Quantity	Specify the number of instances that you want to purchase. Valid values: 1 to 9999.
   Subscription Duration	Valid values: 1 Month, 2 Months, 3 Months, 6 Months, 1 Year, 2 Years, 3 Years, and 5 Years. This parameter is supported only for subscription resource groups.
   Auto-renewal	Specify whether to enable auto-renewal for the resource group. This parameter is supported only for subscription resource groups.

3. Click Buy Now.

   After you complete the payment, the system automatically allocates resources. You can view all created resource groups and modify the names of the resource groups on the Resource Group tab.

   Note

   For subscription resource groups, if the system fails to create the resource group due to insufficient resources in the selected region, the system automatically issues a full refund.

Manage instances in a dedicated resource group

• Purchase instances.

  1. On the Resource Group tab, click the name of the desired resource group.

  2. Click Purchase Node and select Subscription Node or Pay-As-You-Go Node. For more information, see the Create a dedicated resource group section of this topic.

• Renew the instances.

  You can extend the subscription duration of a resource group. For example, if you renew a subscription resource group for one month, the subscription duration of the resource group is extended by one month.

  1. On the Nodes tab of the details page of the dedicated resource group, find the desired instance, click the icon in the Actions column, and then select Renew.

  2. On the EAS pre-payment for dedicated machine | Renew page, configure Subscription Duration, select I have read and agree EAS pre-payment for dedicated machine Terms of Service, and click Buy Now. On the page that appears, click Subscribe.

• To stop the scheduling of an instance that is in the Running state, find the instance and click Stop Scheduling or Clear Node in the Actions column. To resume the scheduling of an instance, find the instance and click Restart Scheduling in the Actions column.

• To view the details of an instance, click the ID of the instance to go to the details page. On the details page, you can find the service instance that you want to manage and click Restart in the Actions column to restart the service instance. You can also click Logs to view the logs of the service instance.

• Delete instances from a dedicated resource group

  Important

  Unexpired subscription instances cannot be released. To release an unexpired subscription instance, contact your account manager.

  On the Nodes tab of the details page of the dedicated resource group, find the instance that you want to delete, click Delete in the Actions column.

• View resource usage of the instances

  On the Resource Group tab, click the name of the dedicated resource group. Then, on the Nodes tab, view the usage of CPU, GPU, and Memory of each instance.

Create a virtual resource group

1. Log on to the PAI console. Select a region on the top of the page. Then, select the desired workspace and click Enter Elastic Algorithm Service (EAS).

2. On the Elastic Algorithm Service (EAS) page, click the Resource Group tab. On the Resource Group tab, click the Virtual Resource Group tab. On the Virtual Resource Group tab, click Create Virtual Resource Group. On the Create Virtual Resource Group page, configure the parameters. If you set the Resource Type parameter to Public Resource Group, you can select instance types that support the bidding feature. You can configure multiple resource types based on your business requirements. Take note that you must configure the priority for different resource types. The priority ranges from 1 to 9. A greater value indicates a higher priority.

   

Use a virtual resource group

During service deployment, select EAS Resource Group for Resource Type and select a virtual resource group from the Resource Group drop-down list in the Resource Information section.