Research and Engineering Studio on AWS Version 2024.10 now available
Today we’re excited to announce Research and Engineering Studio (RES) on AWS Version 2024.10. This release adds new features such as virtual desktop instance auto-stop, project level home file systems, file browser availability control, and customizable DCV permissions.
Instance auto-stop gives administrators the ability to automatically stop or terminate idle sessions to save costs. Admins can set their own thresholds for how long the session must remain below a certain CPU utilization to be considered idle. Stopped sessions are placed into a Stopped-Idle state where they can be resumed by either a user, admin, or the session’s daily schedule.
This release also includes the ability to assign projects their own home file system. Linux virtual desktops can now utilize a project specific file system for their default home directory. Any Amazon Elastic File System (EFS), Amazon FSx for Lustre, or Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP onboarded to RES can be used.
2024.10 introduces two new user permissions. First, admins can now toggle file browser access on or off for the entire environment. Second, admins can customize DCV permissions for session owners to allow or disallow functions such as copying and pasting from a virtual session. A subset of these permissions can be used to create profiles to share sessions among users. Find these featuresin the RES UI under Permission policy .
See the regional availability page for the list of regions where RES is available.
Check out additional release notes on Github to get started and deploy RES 2024.10.