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Dear Addrressees:

I would like inquire about the following question

I would like to rent a windows server for running the MetaTrader5 software and i would like to use the built in strategy tester of MT5. It needs a very strong capacity of counting. I would like to give some information about that what kind of amazon server is that I need to rent for this project that it has similar capacity like a physical server with a 36 core cpu with AI supporting. 
The goal is to make a test much faster than a personal computer. I have a 2.4 ghz intel core i9 with 8 core and the test is running for 15-17 hours. I would like to shorten this time about an 1/3 period or more.

Thank you very much for your attention and answer to all the above.

Yours truly, 
Peter

Parthasaradi · Accepted Answer

Hello,

For the MetaTrader 5 MT5 strategy tests faster than your current setup you can rent an AWS EC2 instance with more CPU cores and higher performance.

* Instance Type c5.12xlarge
* vCPUs 48 (high-performance Intel Xeon CPUs)
* Memory 96 GB RAM
* This instance type should significantly reduce your testing time compared to your 8-core i9 CPU. It offers 48 virtual CPUs.

**follow below steps**.

**Launch an EC2 Instance**

* Go to the AWS Management Console.
* Choose EC2 service.
* Click Launch Instance.
* Select c5.12xlarge instance type.
* Choose your preferred region.

**Configure the Instance**

* Choose Amazon Machine Image AMI – select Windows Server to run MT5.
* Configure instance details – default settings should be fine.
* Attach storage – use at least 100 GB SSD for performance.

**Install MetaTrader 5**

* Connect to your EC2 instance via RDP Remote Desktop Protocol.
* Download and install MetaTrader 5 on the instance.

**Run Your Strategy Tester**

* Open MT5 and set up your strategy tester.
* Use the power of 48 cores to run your tests faster.

https://medium.com/swlh/what-aws-doesnt-tell-you-about-savings-plan-and-reserved-instances-438c162fe211

Sandeep · Answer

1. Amazon EC2: Choose an instance type with high CPU performance, such as:
    - c5.24xlarge (36 vCPUs, 3.0 GHz)
    - c6g.24xlarge (36 vCPUs, 3.0 GHz, with AWS Graviton2 processor)
    - r5.24xlarge (36 vCPUs, 3.0 GHz, with more memory)
2. Amazon EC2 Instances with AWS Graviton Processors: These instances provide better price-performance ratio and support AI workloads:
    - c6g.24xlarge (36 vCPUs, 3.0 GHz)
    - r6g.24xlarge (36 vCPUs, 3.0 GHz, with more memory)
3. AWS Batch: A fully managed batch processing service that can run large-scale computations:
    - Choose a compute environment with high-performance instances (e.g., c5.24xlarge)
4. Amazon SageMaker: A fully managed service for machine learning and AI workloads:
    - Choose a notebook instance with a high-performance instance type (e.g., ml.c5.24xlarge)

To achieve your goal of reducing the testing time by 1/3 or more, consider the following:

- Use an instance with a higher CPU frequency (e.g., 3.0 GHz) and more cores (e.g., 36 vCPUs)
- Optimize your strategy tester settings for parallel processing
- Leverage AWS services like AWS Batch or Amazon SageMaker for distributed computing

Please note that the actual performance gain will depend on the specific workload, instance type, and configuration. I recommend testing and comparing different options to find the best fit for your needs.

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