>> Utility being a phrase that identifies how one can >> turn on and off resource at the drop of a hat. If you are running >> nodes 100% 365d/y on prem is still a serious win. If you have the odd >> monster run, or are in a small shop with no access to large scale >> compute, utility is the only way to go
again, if you have a bursty load, you want to use a shared facility, of which, EC2 spot instances is just one example. > How common is it to report the occupancy of a cluster - ie the percentage of > the theoretical max CPU hours > which are being used to run useful jobs? it is _the_ normal way to describe how well a cluster is run/utilized. _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf@beowulf.org sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
