Introducing Hardware Policies 

Hardware Policies give Rescale admins a centralized way to set hardware constraints per software for selected user groups, ensuring users see only compliant hardware options when configuring jobs. This helps enforce recommended hardware, streamline governance, and improve cost control.

Highlights

• What is it? A simple policy engine where admins define rules like “When [software] is selected, [always/never] use [hardware],” scoped to specific groups and enforced directly in job setup so only compliant hardware options appear. 

• Why did we build it? Organizations need better tools to guide users toward the right hardware for their workflows and to improve budget predictability and control. By setting constraints per software, admins can drive consistent, cost‑performance choices at scale helping organizations stay within budget.
• How is it used? Workspace Admins can create, edit and manage Hardware Policies that restrict which hardware options are available to users based on their selected software application. Admins can apply these policies to user groups and define up to 10 conditions per policy. Users in said group see only policy‑compliant hardware options for the software they’ve selected when setting up jobs.
• Migration from Hardware Filters: Hardware Policies will replace Hardware Filters for improved usability and added controls for admins. All existing Hardware Filters will automatically migrate to equivalent Hardware Policies with software set to “ALL,” preserving the selected groups and coretypes.

Getting Started 

• Find Hardware Policies under Policies in a workspace admin portal.
• Admins can create, edit, and manage all policies.
• Policies are editable by all admins and immediately influence the hardware options shown during job setup for the targeted groups and software.