Penguin Computing is trying to distinguish themselves in this way with their POD (Penguin On Demand, cute) service.
http://www.penguincomputing.com/POD/HPC_as_a_service They seem expensive compared to Amazon, though. On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Marcus G. Daniels <[email protected]>wrote: > Douglas Roberts wrote: > >> Interesting article about cloud computing on Slashdot today: >> >> >> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/09/08/20/0327205/Amazon-MS-Google-Clouds-Flop-In-Stress-Tests?art_pos=7 >> >> One nice thing about what Amazon does in contrast to most supercomputing > centers is to let you boot whatever kernel image you want. That can be > important for diagnosing and fixing some kinds of problems. > > I kind of doubt the commercial players pony up for the kind of > interconnects used on supercomputers though. Maybe the NMCAC could > distinguish itself from the commercial players by providing users total > control over hardware, while also providing an interconnect that can absorb > stress? > > Marcus > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Doug Roberts [email protected] [email protected] 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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