The Real Cost of a CPU Hour

2009119 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Edward Walker · The University of Texas at Austin

Abstract

IT organizations can now outsource computer hardware by leasing CPU time through cloud computing services. A proposed modeling tool can quantitatively compare the cost of leasing CPU time from these online services to that of purchasing and using a server cluster of equivalent capability.

Topics & Keywords

Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Cloud Computing and Resource Management Stochastic processes and financial applications

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Publication Details

Published in: Computer

Volume 42, Issue 4, pp. 35-41

DOI: 10.1109/mc.2009.135

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