Sun Enters Grid-Computing Rental Market

mOoZik writes "BBC News is reporting that Sun Microsystems has launched a pay-as-you-go service which will allow customers requiring huge computing power to rent it by the hour. "Why build your own grid when you can use ours for a buck an hour?" asks Sun's COO Jonathan Schwartz."

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Can Spamers use it

[Anonymous Coward]

Does that mean spammers don't need the grid of zombie windoze boxes? So sun is competing w/ msft.

Re:Can Spamers use it

[Anonymous Coward]

Spamers don't need it because:

1. Their grid of windows boxes is bigger than all of sun.
2. Their network is Free (and people said Free Software doesn't run on windows).

Woo-hoo!

[Saint Aardvark]

Eat my SETI@Home dust!

Instructions:

[Anonymous Coward]

1- Insert coin here. $1 for each CPU per hour.
2- Insert DVD containing program in the tray on your right.
3- Please wait...

Odd Currency Exchange

[geomon]

"Why build your own grid when you can use ours for a buck an hour?" asks Sun's COO Jonathan Schwartz."

I feel a little wierd paying for my grid computing with venison.

It must just be me.

Re:Odd Currency Exchange

[wildwood]

Q: What's the difference between beer nuts and deer nuts?

A: Beer nuts are $1.79. Deer nuts are under a buck.

Thank you, I'm here all week.

Re:$1 per CPU hour

[carpe_noctem]

Damn, I was just about to host a 1,000 person q3a tourney for a cool 50$. =/

Re:$1 per CPU hour

[Wiz]

I can see where this is going.....

1. Charge $1 per hour of CPU time on your cluster.
2. Lower the speed of your processors.
3. Runtime of tasks increase. So your $1 does less.
4. PROFIT!!!!

Cool, no ???? step! :)

If you can't sell it, rent it

[gUmbi]

So Sun's finally found a use for all of their spare inventory.

It's funny how old ideas become new again though...Is Jonathon Schwartz/Sun trying to become the new Ross Perot/EDS?

Sun offers energy by the hour

[GillBates0]

Sun offers energy by the hour

The Sun has launched a pay-as-you-go service which will allow customers requiring huge solar power to rent it by the hour.

Solar power costs users $1 (53p) for an hour's worth of light and heating power on land covered by Sun.

So-called fusion reaction is the latest buzz phrase in a solar system which believes that solar energy is as important a commodity as hardware and software.

The Sun likened fusion reactions to the development of electricity.

'Buck an hour'

The system could mature in the same way utilities such as electricity and water have developed, said the Sun.

"Why generate your own power when you can use ours for a buck an hour?" he asked in an address launching Sun's quarterly solar eclipse event in the center of the Solar System.

The star will have to persuade the entire galaxy to adopt a new model but it said it already had interest from planets in the milkyway, andromeda and B53 stellar clusters.

Some of them want to book capacity of more than 5,000 TeraWatts each, Sun said.

Mr Sun ran a demonstration of the service, showing how fusion could be performed on elements.

Hundreds of atoms were fused simultaneously, generating energy for a few seconds each.

Sigh....too much time and an agile mind.

Capitalism

[No Such Agency]

Hey, if they have CPU's and want venison, and you have venison and need CPU's, isn't that how capitalism is supposed to work?

Re:$1 per CPU hour

[Anonymous Coward]

All of the software required to be written in Java. End of discussion.