StarburstBackend: Starburst Future Backend

In starburst: Seamless AWS Cloud Bursting for Parallel R Workloads

Starburst Future Backend

Description

A future backend for running parallel R workloads on AWS ECS

Usage

StarburstBackend(
  workers = 10,
  cpu = 4,
  memory = "8GB",
  region = NULL,
  timeout = 3600,
  launch_type = "EC2",
  instance_type = "c6a.large",
  use_spot = FALSE,
  warm_pool_timeout = 3600,
  ...
)

Arguments

workers	Number of parallel workers
cpu	vCPUs per worker (1, 2, 4, 8, or 16)
memory	Memory per worker (supports GB notation, e.g., "8GB")
region	AWS region (default: from config or "us-east-1")
timeout	Maximum runtime in seconds (default: 3600)
launch_type	"EC2" or "FARGATE" (default: "EC2")
instance_type	EC2 instance type (e.g., "c6a.large")
use_spot	Use spot instances (default: FALSE)
warm_pool_timeout	Pool timeout in seconds (default: 3600)
...	Additional arguments

Value

A StarburstBackend object

starburst documentation built on March 19, 2026, 5:08 p.m.