3 ms·
Author here! I think running an HPC service that has a steady queue in AWS can be more than 3x as expensive. What type of HPC do you work in? Maybe I'm over-in
by lebovic 4y ago
Author here! I think running an HPC service that has a steady queue in AWS can be more than 3x as expensive.
What type of HPC do you work in? Maybe I'm over-indexing on computational biology.
- Moissanite 4y agoAll types of HPC; I'm a sysadmin/consultant. I don't think the problem with the cost gap is overestimating cloud costs but rather underestimating on-prem costs. Also, failing to account for financing differences and opportunity-costs of large up-front capital purchases.