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In addition to Amazon, services and providers in this space include Cornell's own CAC’s RedCloud, as well as Google Compute Engine and Microsoft Azure.
Google Compute's calculator and comparing to ChemIT's clusters
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Comparing Google Compute to a ChemIT's systems.
The Google system Compute service offering we compared were was 4 of their "CP-COMPUTEENGINE-VMIMAGE-N1-STANDARD-8" (8 core, 30GB RAM) systems.
Using that service, expect to pay an Effective Hourly Rate of $0.392. And Monthly total : of $1,132.10 .(24/7, all month)
- And that does not include upload/ download or data storage costs.
- Question: Quality of processes
ChemIT buys a 4-computer, 2U system that costs ~$10,000 (2.5K*4) (10 core,
- And that does not include ChemIT's services or data storage costs. (There are no upload/ download costs.)
| Offering | Core count compared (performance, though?) | RAM (FWIW) | Cost | Cost comparison |
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| ChemIT | 48 cores (6 cores/ proc. * | 32-64GB, usually | $10,000 total hardware (~$2,600/computer * | $2,500/ yr (Assumes last 4 years, 3 of which are under warranty) Lots of local IT labor costs. (Maybe $10K/ yr, at least for first set of 4?) |
| Google Compute | 32 cores (8 cores/ * | 30GB | $1,132.10 per month. (Used Google Compute's calculator, | $13,585.20/ yr No local IT labor costs. |
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