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I understand the IaaS is way more flexible, e.g. in cases when you need lots of GPUs but not for long the cloud is a clear winner. However, IMO the price is ju
by Const-me 9y ago
I understand the IaaS is way more flexible, e.g. in cases when you need lots of GPUs but not for long the cloud is a clear winner.
However, IMO the price is just not OK.
Compare with traditional servers. For $0.7/hour you can use e.g. c4.4xlarge amazon instance. The hardware is much more expensive than $550, just the RAM is already around $400. You won’t be able to purchase an equally-performing server for 1 month of that IaaS rent, I think it’ll be like 3-6 months (which is IMO reasonable).
- tw04 9y agoThat's because they can amortize the server over a longer time window than a GPU.
- candiodari 9y agoIf that's true, then why are they still running the K80s ?
- tw04 9y agoThey didn't add the K80s until February of 2017, did you really think they'd literally throw out hardware after less than 12 months? "Accelerated" means 18-36 month shelf life, not 10.