Table 1. The configuration parameters of virtual machines to process data obtained using ONT. vCPU - virtual CPU, GPU - NVidia graphic processor unit.

Instance Type

Procedures

Number of processors and cores

Memory size,
MB

Cost, $/hour

 

vCPUxCores

GPUxType

p3.8хlarge

Base-calling

32x16

4xV100

259 856

15.29

p3.2xlarge*

8x4

1xV100

62 464

3.82

p2.xlarge

mapping / quantification / quality control

4x2

1xK80

12 288

1.32

t2.xlarge

4x4

Нет

32 768

0.42

t2.micro

upload / download data

1

Нет

1 024

0.01

Note. For education to work with cloud system using test data (preloaded on the AWS MrFirst (ONT) server in the folder fast5.tutor) it is recommended to perform all operations using the configuration p3.2xlarge. Information for authorize access to AWS MrFirst (ONT) is available by request to the authors of the article.