useR! 2024

Spare Cores, an NGI Search funded open-source ecosystem, inventories and actually benchmarks for different scenarios the available compute resources of public cloud and server providers to find optimal instance types across vendors and datacenters for containerized jobs (e.g. training ML models or hosting a Shiny app). Among other open-source SDKs, we provide an R package allowing easy access to this public database, complemented by CLI helpers for launching instances in your existing cloud environment. We also briefly showcase a streamlined SaaS solution built on top of the open-source stack for those seeking simplicity and/or unwilling to manage their cloud infrastructure: the managed Spare Cores environment covers the entire life cycle of batch jobs and microservices, eliminating the need for direct cloud vendor engagement.