Does anyone know of a cloud provider who offers very cheap rates (i.e. lower than Hetzner) in exchange for extremely low uptime, e.g. <50%?
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Does anyone know of a cloud provider who offers very cheap rates (i.e. lower than Hetzner) in exchange for extremely low uptime, e.g. <50%?
In times of solar it seems it would make sense to just keep old(ish) servers connected and only power them up when electricity is free (or negative even).
I have a compute workload which I expect to complete in ~150days(!); if I could get cheap compute anywhen before that, I'd pay for it. [And I expect to have future workloads which can be delayed 2 days without much trouble.]
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Does anyone know of a cloud provider who offers very cheap rates (i.e. lower than Hetzner) in exchange for extremely low uptime, e.g. <50%?
In times of solar it seems it would make sense to just keep old(ish) servers connected and only power them up when electricity is free (or negative even).
I have a compute workload which I expect to complete in ~150days(!); if I could get cheap compute anywhen before that, I'd pay for it. [And I expect to have future workloads which can be delayed 2 days without much trouble.]
@drahflow how big are the computational chunks (CPU time, system memory, …)
As I understand you have to compute the task in junks/parts as the computing computer might turn off at any time.
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@drahflow how big are the computational chunks (CPU time, system memory, …)
As I understand you have to compute the task in junks/parts as the computing computer might turn off at any time.
@txt_file In my case, each chunk is: 2-60 minutes (80% < 15minutes), 1 cpu core, <8GB RAM. Random crashes are fine (any ongoing chunks of work would have to be restarted).
I think many SaaS companies have such tasks (if only they looked). E.g. cassandra compactions could be done this way (with a bit of patching, though).
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