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So... this is essentially first come, first served based on their description. And they say the preemptibles come from a smaller pool of resources. Seems odd
by tw04 12y ago
So... this is essentially first come, first served based on their description. And they say the preemptibles come from a smaller pool of resources. Seems odd to me they wouldn't have a number somewhere of how many are available and how many are in use given that it's a finite resource.
Tough to build a business model around a resource you can't even determine the availability of.
- nightcracker 12y ago> Though to build a business model around a resource you can't even determine the availability of. That's exactly why it's cheap: you're trading price for reliability.
- tw04 12y agoreliability != availability. I can build a business model around an unreliable, but available resource. I can't build a business model around an unavailable resource. They're two very different things, and the distinction is important.
- nl 12y agoThis basically for batch-processing. That means that the lack of availability isn't such an issue because this lets you trade speed-of-processing for cost. Say you have a few hundred terabytes of images to process. You can prioritize images by pushing them to the head of the queue, but you don't really care how long the complete batch takes. If you are happy to wait for your job to complete you pay less. Otherwise, pay more and guarantee completion.
- boulos 12y agoYou're right that it's first come first served, but the 24 hour time limit combined with natural churn means you aren't likely to be "locked out" for long periods of time.