The Real Cost of a CPU Hour
- 2 June 2009
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Computer
- Vol. 42 (4) , 35-41
- https://doi.org/10.1109/mc.2009.135
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.Keywords
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