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Power doesn't cost nearly as much for TCO to get anywhere near even the "preemptible price" of V100 (and probably A100 when it's ready) over a period of half a
by nullifidian 6y ago
Power doesn't cost nearly as much for TCO to get anywhere near even the "preemptible price" of V100 (and probably A100 when it's ready) over a period of half a year. And now that 3090 has 24gb, which is needed for larger models, a solution with a couple of consumer cards is even more competitive for experimentation. You can also sell your cards in a year or two, and recover some of the costs. (All that of course if Nvidia's gimping of consumer cards doesn't significantly affect your code)
- gambiting 6y agoSo for the people who I know do it professionally, the answer is really simple - when they run calculations for clients, they can add GCP compute time on the invoice. You can't bill a client for your own electricity usage. I mean you can factor it into the price of your service, but then that brings a whole pile of other issues with it.
- jjoonathan 6y agoCloud if: - Someone else is paying - You expect to dabble - You need burst capability Buy if: - Cost sensitive & capable