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Instance Management

An instance is a cloud server that includes the most basic computing components such as CPU, memory, operating system, network, and disks. GPUGEEK supports user-defined configurations of CPU, memory, and operating system, as well as online configuration upgrades.

Create an Instance​

On the Personal Space page, or by clicking the Create Instance button on other pages, you will be redirected to the creation page.

  • High Availability Cloud: Designed for high computation, high security, and high stability, suitable for enterprise-level business needs (supports net disk storage for shared data).
  • Community Cloud: Cost-effective, suitable for small experiments by individual users (does not support net disk storage for shared data).

Choose the net disk for storing data and the corresponding data center, and configure other information.

Note: The processor cores and memory of the instance are calculated based on the proportion of rented GPUs to the total GPUs of the machine. For example, for a machine with 64 cores, 512 GB memory, and 8 GPUs, if only 1 GPU is rented, then the instance will be allocated 64 / 8 = 8 cores, and the memory will be limited to 512 / 8 = 64 GB.

After verifying the selected machine’s configuration and price, click the Create Instance button to complete the creation.

Instance Management​

After creation, you will be automatically redirected to the Instance Management page, where you can view and manage all created instances.
On the instance card, you can see the instance ID, billing mode, configuration, disk usage, etc., and perform instance operations by clicking the action buttons:

  • Power On/Off: Click the button to power the instance on or off. Note that storage fees will still be charged when the instance is powered off, so remember to delete and release instances that are no longer needed.
  • Login: Instance login, see section 1.3 Instance Login.
  • Logs: Click to view instance logs.
  • View Monitoring: Enter the Instance Monitoring page to check detailed GPU, CPU, and disk usage.

Click More for additional instance operations:

  • Cardless Startup: Platform instances support starting without a GPU card for data upload/download. Each user can have up to 2 cardless startups simultaneously.
  • Backup Image: Backup the current system disk, including the base operating system, applications, and personalized software environment configuration. When creating a new instance, you can select the backup image without reconfiguring. Creating a backup image takes time, so please be patient. Available only when the instance is powered on.
  • Upgrade/Downgrade Configuration: In the pop-up window, select the number of GPUs to adjust. You can also set it to 0 for cardless startup. Available only when the instance is powered on.
  • Resize Data Disk: Enter the new capacity in the pop-up window to change the size of the data disk. Available only when the instance is powered on.
  • Change Billing Method: In the pop-up window, choose the billing method to switch to. Available only when the instance is powered on. If the previous billing was daily, weekly, or monthly, all used fees will be recalculated according to the newly selected billing method. Note that in some cases, it may be more cost-effective not to change the billing method.
  • Create Custom Port: Available for enterprise-certified users only, and only when the instance is powered on.
  • Delete Instance: The instance must be powered off before it can be deleted. Deleted instance data cannot be recovered.

Instance Login​

  1. Click JupyterLab in the console to enter the JupyterLab page, then click Terminal to log in.
  2. On Windows, you can use SSH tools such as Xshell or FinalShell to log in. On macOS, you can use the built-in terminal or iTerm2. For details, refer to SSH Login to Instance.