Re: [Beowulf] Selling computation time

2006-12-28 Thread Joe Landman
Robert G. Brown wrote: The other is numerical HPC applications. Here the marketplace is one where it is difficult to achieve a win. First of all, most people who are doing HPC have very specific, very diverse, applications and often these applications run on clusters that are at least to some

Re: [Beowulf] Selling computation time

2006-12-28 Thread Robert G. Brown
On Tue, 26 Dec 2006, Chetoo Valux wrote: I wonder then if there would be potential buyers for cluster time. I've been browsing, not too deep, the net, and I've not found (yet) any information of someone selling cluster time. This is a perrenial topic of discussion on the list, and the general

Re: [Beowulf] Selling computation time

2006-12-27 Thread Chris Samuel
On Wednesday 27 December 2006 05:29, Chetoo Valux wrote: > I wonder then if there would be potential buyers for cluster time. I've > been browsing,  not too deep, the net, and I've not found (yet) any > information of someone selling cluster time. We occasionally get approached by commercial cust

Re: [Beowulf] Selling computation time

2006-12-27 Thread Michael Huntingdon
HP's Computing on Demand: Happy Holidays Michael At 10:29 AM 12/26/2006, Chetoo Valux wrote: Dear all, Maybe these dates I've drunk too much champagne, but I've wondered about the following: as you know building and maintining

Re: [Beowulf] Selling computation time

2006-12-27 Thread Buccaneer for Hire.
--- Chetoo Valux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear all, > > Maybe these dates I've drunk too much champagne, but > I've wondered about the > following: as you know building and maintining a > cluster is not a trivial > issue, not to mention housing it ... > > I wonder then if there would be pot

Re: [Beowulf] Selling computation time

2006-12-27 Thread Douglas Eadline
> Am 26.12.2006 um 19:29 schrieb Chetoo Valux: > >> Dear all, >> >> Maybe these dates I've drunk too much champagne, but I've wondered >> about the following: as you know building and maintining a cluster >> is not a trivial issue, not to mention housing it ... >> >> I wonder then if there would b

Re: [Beowulf] Selling computation time

2006-12-27 Thread Reuti
Am 26.12.2006 um 19:29 schrieb Chetoo Valux: Dear all, Maybe these dates I've drunk too much champagne, but I've wondered about the following: as you know building and maintining a cluster is not a trivial issue, not to mention housing it ... I wonder then if there would be potential buye

[Beowulf] Selling computation time

2006-12-27 Thread Chetoo Valux
Dear all, Maybe these dates I've drunk too much champagne, but I've wondered about the following: as you know building and maintining a cluster is not a trivial issue, not to mention housing it ... I wonder then if there would be potential buyers for cluster time. I've been browsing, not too de