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Sun Enters Grid-Computing Rental Market

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the check-out-the-clip-art-scientist dept.

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."

6 of 275 comments (clear)

  1. Woo-hoo! by Saint+Aardvark · · Score: 4, Funny

    Eat my SETI@Home dust!

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  2. Odd Currency Exchange by geomon · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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.

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  3. Re:$1 per CPU hour by carpe_noctem · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  4. Re:$1 per CPU hour by Wiz · · Score: 3, Funny

    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! :)

  5. If you can't sell it, rent it by gUmbi · · Score: 3, Funny

    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?

  6. Sun offers energy by the hour by GillBates0 · · Score: 4, Funny
    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.

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