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Sun Grid Compute Utility

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the new-generation-of-data-farmers dept.

jbltgz writes "The Register is reporting that the long awaited Sun Grid Compute Utility has been opened to the public. Now you can run your CPU intensive jobs on a grid of AMD Opteron-based Sun Hardware for $1 per CPU per hour for a fraction of cost, in a fraction of the time."

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  1. FYI: Non USians need not apply. by Angostura · · Score: 5, Funny

    We're not having you modelling your nukes on our servers thankyouverymuch.

    1. Re:FYI: Non USians need not apply. by MaineCoon · · Score: 4, Funny

      US citizens, however, are free to model nuclear weapons to their hearts' desire. Until Homeland Security shows up.

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    2. Re:FYI: Non USians need not apply. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      US citizens, however, are free to model nuclear weapons to their hearts' desire. Until Homeland Security shows up.


      Second amendment, baby.

      Let 'em come. :)
  2. Obligatory by PitaBred · · Score: 4, Funny

    Imagine a beowulf cluster of... oh, forget it

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  3. Greetings Professor Falken... by boldtbanan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder if I can play games on Sun's system. Perhaps a nice game of chess? Or maybe Global Thermonuclear War?

  4. Re:POVRay by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, now that you asked, you can use all that computing power to...

    Compile gentoo with KDE in only 20hrs

    Browse 10 pages in Firefox

    Run Windows XP Pro AND Notepad at the same time

    Get 20FPS in BF2

    Run a "Hello World" java applet

  5. Ok, so by ch-chuck · · Score: 3, Funny

    where do I submit my deck of fortran punch-cards and where do I pickup the printout?

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  6. Real TIme Fractal Exploring by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This could be used to interactively zoom in and out of interesting fractal patterns with a high refresh rate.

  7. Seti@home by way2trivial · · Score: 3, Funny

    anyone have any idea how much it would cost me to buy the # one spot on boinc?
    Take down NEZ for one day-- that would be sweet

    http://www.boincstats.com/stats/boinc_user_stats.p hp?pr=bo&st=0&to=100

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  8. Re:Is there a distributed alternative? by Tiger4 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "except instead of donating your spare cpu cycles for one particular task you'd be making them available for anyone to rent?"

    Yes this exists, but I think the 'Bot-ware manufacturers have the market sewn up, and at $0 / hr.

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  9. Re:POVRay by dkf · · Score: 2, Funny
    Well, now that you asked, you can use all that computing power to...
    • Compile gentoo with KDE in only 20hrs
    • Browse 10 pages in Firefox
    • Run Windows XP Pro AND Notepad at the same time
    • Get 20FPS in BF2
    • Run a "Hello World" java applet
    Actually, only the compilation stands a chance of working as it is the only one that can work well as a batch job. The others require some kind of interactive display hardware in there, and you can bet you won't have that in the public offering. (Maybe you can get it from the top-end stuff, but if you're big enough for that, you're big enough to have your own supercomputer). My main concern relates to aspects of system security though; their FAQ is seriously deficient on details...
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