The Real Cost of a CPU Hour
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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.
Published in:
Computer
(Volume:42
,
Issue:
4
)
Date of Publication: April 2009