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The "cost of ownership" is often approximately 33%/33%/33% for capital cost (annually), support (annually) and users& operations. Of course being government th
by bitminer 7y ago
The "cost of ownership" is often approximately 33%/33%/33% for capital cost (annually), support (annually) and users& operations. Of course being government they probably don't account for the costs on an accrual basis.
Two machines, 5 years apart, and 66% non-hardware for ten years is, what, 250 or 300 millions for the pair of them?
- tgflynn 7y agoI'm not sure what exactly they're including in the operating costs. If they include salaries for researchers, meteorologists, programmers, etc. I could definitely see it hit a billion over 10 years. But then it would seem a bit misleading to call it a "billion pound" supercomputer.