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Still way too much money when a 2x 2080Ti comparably specced machine under my desk costs less than 2.5 months of their billing rate, and 4x 1080Ti servers in my
by m0zg 7y ago
Still way too much money when a 2x 2080Ti comparably specced machine under my desk costs less than 2.5 months of their billing rate, and 4x 1080Ti servers in my garage cost about 1 month of their 4-GPU machine _and_ have more SSD storage. This pricing is totally insane, especially if not billed per-minute (which in Linode's case it is not) and if there are no cheaper preemptible/spot instances.
- svd4anything 7y agoI’m starting to think one can adopt the simple rule of switch to a DIY build whenever there enough work to keep a GPU busy for 2 months, otherwise if the workload is intermittent then better strategy is leasing, especially considering the purchase cost/performance is constantly dropping.
- dillonmckay 7y agoIt would seem there could be a market for multi-month rentals of a ML/gaming rig, with return shipping/packaging?
- trey-jones 7y agoWhat's the cost for power? Serious question, and I'm not suggesting that this cost should account for a large percentage of the price, but genuinely curious. If your GPUs are working every hour of the month for you, how much is it costing you in electricity?
- m0zg 7y agoQuad GPU machines draw about 1.3KW each on average when under load. That's about $100/mo where I live, assuming they're 100% loaded 24x7 for the entire month. Realistically it's less. So it's not free, but it's not a crazy amount either.