Request Azure backend quota#

After the workspace is created, the next step is to request the computation resource quota for the workspace. The SeqsLab workspace uses Azure Batch as the backend computation management service on Azure.

The Batch account is deployed in Subscription Service Node. The global administrator needs to request for the computation quota to ensure that the batch account has sufficient computation resources. On Subscription Mode, computing quotas are limited by regional computing cores, per-series computing cores, and other resource subscriptions. Details are available for regional vCPU quotas, per-vm-quota-requests, and spot-quota. The following are the recommended resource quotas for common scenarios:

  • Staging or small-scale production testing

    Item

    Quota

    Regional vCPUs

    2,300

    Spot VMs

    1,000

    Dv2-series VMs

    1,000

    NCv3-series VMs

    300

    Active jobs and job schedules per Batch account

    100

    Pools per Batch account

    100

    Public IP addresses

    Basic: 100 / Standard: 100

    Note

    Up to 2,300 CPU cores and 50 NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPU cards can be allocated as 100 distinct batch clusters simultaneously.

  • Running jobs

    Item

    Quota

    Regional vCPUs

    4,000

    Spot VMs

    2,000

    Dv2-series VMs

    2,000

    Active jobs and job schedules per Batch account

    300

    Pools per Batch account

    300

    Public IP addresses

    Basic: 600 / Standard: 600

  • Running GPUs

    Item

    Quota

    Regional vCPUs

    6,000

    Spot VMs

    2,000

    NCasT4_v3-series

    2,000

    Dv2-series VMs

    2,000

    Active jobs and job schedules per Batch account

    500

    Pools per Batch account

    500

    Public IP addresses

    Basic: 1000 / Standard: 1000

For other use cases, such as when conducting an extra large population cohort study workflow or GPU intensive workflows, contact SeqsLab support for a detailed computation scaling consultation.

To request a quota increase on Azure(external link), reach out to Azure support. This process typically takes a few business days to complete.

Next steps#

The Global Administrator must complete the following to enable data processing on SeqsLab.

  1. Manage SeqsLab users

  2. Recommend: Manage Container Registry

  3. Optional: Configure storage log access