Feature support for cloud platforms
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Purpose: This document provides an overview of the various features available for GCP and AWS-backed Workbench workspaces.
Summary
Verily Workbench provides a secure research environment for governing and analyzing global multimodal data. Within Workbench, researchers can create and share workspaces to create and access cloud resources.
Workbench currently supports GCP-backed workspaces for all users. Certain pre-approved users and customers can access AWS-backed workspaces in private preview mode. By providing these two options, Workbench makes it easier for users to use data sources, code repositories, or other resources that may be available on their preferred cloud platform.
While many features are already available on both AWS and GCP workspaces, some gaps exist on AWS. These gaps will be addressed in future feature releases.
Feature availability
This table summarizes the current key feature differences between GCP and AWS-backed workspaces. Please note that AWS features are only available in private preview mode for certain pre-approved users and customers. Available functionality may vary depending on your license terms.
| CORE WORKSPACE FUNCTIONALITY | ||
|---|---|---|
| Feature | GCP | AWS |
| Workspace creation | ✅ | ✅ |
| Share/manage collaborators | ✅ | ✅ |
| File storage buckets | ✅ GCS-based | ✅ S3-based |
| Managed resources Cloud resources managed by the workspace |
✅ GCS buckets, BigQuery datasets | ✅ S3 folders 🟡 Databases in planned development |
| Referenced resources | ✅ | 🔵 In development |
| Data collections | ✅ | 🔵 In development |
| ANALYSIS TOOLS | ||
| Feature | GCP | AWS |
| Managed notebooks Run the cloud platform’s notebook solution |
✅ Vertex AI | ✅ SageMaker |
| Interactive apps platform Run common or custom containerized apps |
✅ | ✅ |
| Workspace file sync Apps can read/write data from storage buckets via the filesystem |
✅ | ✅ |
| Workflows / batch processing | ✅ | 🔵 In development. Uses AWS HealthOmics Workflows. |
| Spark clusters | ✅ Dataproc | 🟡 Planned development |
| ENTERPRISE CAPABILITIES | ||
| Feature | GCP | AWS |
| Sign in with enterprise IdP | ✅ | ✅ |
| Configurable billing | ✅ | 🟡 Planned development |
| Access enterprise-owned cloud resources Configuration required |
✅ | ✅ Available, may require configuration |
| Workspace policy controls Regional constraints Group membership constraints Exfiltration-prevention perimeter |
✅ ✅ ✅ |
✅ ✅ 🟡 Planned development |
If you have questions about accessing certain features in your Workbench account, please contact our support team at workbench-support@verily.com.
Last Modified: 16 September 2024