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Batch

Fully managed batch service to schedule, queue, and execute batch jobs on Google's infrastructure.

  • Provisions and autoscales capacity while eliminating the need to manage third-party solutions

  • Natively integrated with Google Cloud to run, scale, and monitor your workload

  • Reduce the computing costs of workloads with Spot machines

  • Start using Batch now with this quickstart guide

Benefits

Focus on business critical tasks

Leverage fully managed and scalable compute infrastructure to shift focus to job submission and extracting business insights from the job's results.

Define your execution model

Run high throughput or tightly coupled computations defined by a script or container.

Enhanced developer experience

Batch simplifies workload development and execution. Batch jobs can be submitted within a few steps. Leverage Cloud Storage, Pub/Sub, Cloud Logging, and Workflows for an end-to-end developer experience.

Key features

Key features

Dynamic resource provisioning and autoscaling

Run any scale batch jobs on cloud compute resources to limit job wait times while executing requests in parallel and scaling resources without manual intervention.

Support for scripts and containerized workloads

Batch provides a consistent experience for Docker containerized workloads or script based workloads that run directly on VMs.

Leverage native services and batch tools

Easily adopt first-party services to control the end-to-end batch workflow from preprocessing to postprocessing.

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Roivant

"At Roivant Discovery, we leverage massive computational simulations to drive the discovery of novel drugs across small molecule modalities. Our scientists are required to operate at the cutting edge of quantum physics with speed and agility, at scale. Google Batch's unprecedented simplicity and flexibility will ensure we're always focused on innovation."

Matt Maisak, COO at Roivant Discovery

Documentation

Documentation

Quickstart
Batch quickstart

Learn about what is needed to get started with Batch and how easy it is to create a batch job in the console, gcloud, REST API, and client libraries. 

Google Cloud Basics
Defining different types of batch jobs and more.

Learn how to submit containerized and script based workloads. These jobs can be array jobs or multi-node jobs using MPI libraries.

Google Cloud Basics
Storage file systems

Learn about the storage file systems supported by Batch and how to use them with a batch job.

Google Cloud Basics
Monitor your job

Learn how to view logs to gather insights on job tasks and how to describe the job to inspect its details and statuses.

APIs & Libraries
Using the Batch API references

Learn about all the fields supported by the Batch API and how to use them.

Use cases

Use cases

Use case
Life sciences: genomics & drug discovery pipelines

High throughput processing of reproducible pipelines used for genomic sequencing, drug discovery, and more. 

Use case
Financial services: quantitative and risk analysis

Perform Monte Carlo simulations and quickly analyze results needed to transact business in the market.

Use case
Manufacturing: electronic design automation

Automate verification tests and simulations based on varying inputs to optimize designs.

All features

All features

Support for containers or scripts Run your scripts natively on Compute Engine VM instances or bring your containerized workload that will run to completion.
Leverage Google Cloud compute Get the latest software and hardware available as a service to use with Batch.
Job priorities and retries Define priorities for your job and establish automated retry strategies.
Pub/Sub notifications for Batch Configure Pub/Sub with Batch to asynchronously communicate messages to subscribers.
Integrated logging and monitoring Retrieve stderr and stdout logs directly to Cloud Logging. Audit logs help you answer questions about who did what, where, and when. Monitor metrics related to resources used in Cloud Monitoring.
Alternate methods to use Batch Batch APIs can be called directly via gcloud, REST APIs, client libraries, or the Cloud Console. In addition, Batch can be used with an ecosystem of workflow engines.
Identity and access management Control the access of resources and service with IAM permissions and VPC Service Controls.

Pricing

Pricing

There is no charge for the Batch service. You will only pay for the Google Cloud resources used to execute your batch jobs.

Partners

Innovate with our partners

Ready to take advantage of Batch to run your workloads? These partners can assist you.