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Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

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Post by humbert »

uvdiv wrote: post #36

"Thus, we decided to only run computations when the outdoor temperature near the user is below a certain level (currently 16 degrees Celcius). When it's that cold outside, we assume that the computer's room is being heated anyway. All of the electricity used to do computations gets turned into heat, according to the laws of physics. So the heat generated by the computations displaces the need for heat generated by a…

Break-even is 0.2 cents/hour per core for a 4-core system that uses 100 watts. A full i7-3770K system with integrated graphics uses 102 watts under heavy load [1], and when each of its 4 cores sells for 0.2 cents/hour, that covers the 4*0.2 = 0.8 cents/hour difference from natural gas to electricity. 0.3 cents/hour covers the entire electricity usage, providing free heat.

[1] http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Intel-Core-i73770K-Ivy-Bridge...

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

#52

Post by adamsmith »

panarky wrote: post #39
adamsmith wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sounds like a bug! Just sent you email : )

Another possible bug is that the UI reports 1.56 core-hours used, but my single-core instance has only been running 24 minutes.

Ok!, the two instances you were seeing were duplicate listings of the same instance. That bug was introduced a few days ago by some database optimizations, and is now fixed! Thanks for reporting it.

The 1.56 core-hours is mostly from inst_KGN6tZdFgoeL2C9KPKBsNA which has four physical cpus and has been running for almost an hour at this point.

Thanks so much for trying this out!!!

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

#53

Post by uvdiv »

humbert wrote: post #51
uvdiv wrote: post #36

"Thus, we decided to only run computations when the outdoor temperature near the user is below a certain level (currently 16 degrees Celcius). When it's that cold outside, we assume that the computer's room is being heated anyway. All of the electricity used to do computations gets turned into heat, according to the laws of physics. So the heat generated by the computations displaces the need for heat generated by a…

Break-even is 0.2 cents/hour per core for a 4-core system that uses 100 watts. A full i7-3770K system with integrated graphics uses 102 watts under heavy load [1], and when each of its 4 cores sells for 0.2 cents/hour, that covers the 4*0.2 = 0.8 cents/hour difference from natural gas to electricity. 0.3 cents/hour covers the entire electricity usage, providing free heat. [1] http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Intel-Core…

Okay, if it's per core-hour that's different.

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

#54

Post by freshhawk »

dfischer wrote: post #44

This would be more cool if the portion of profits went to those who contributed cycles.

Wouldn't work. As soon as you move the incentive to the world of financial norms people start wondering why they are bothering for a couple bucks a year.

They will get more people doing it to be part of a community if they can keep that community seeming "cool" in some way.

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

#55

Post by uvdiv »

devmach wrote: post #43

From https://gridspot.com/privacy > We have designed the Gridspot Software... Sorry if i missed but : Who are you ? Please put some information about "yourself" somewhere on your site. And if you can, please answer these questions on your page : - What is your company name and legal type ? - What is your location ? - How can i contact to you ? No, support@gridspot.com doesn't count, put some landline numbers too. - W…

I think it's Adam Smith of Xobni, he's the guy (adamsmith) who submitted this link.

http://blog.adamsmith.cc/about-adam-smith.html

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

#56

Post by adamsmith »

RaphiePS wrote: post #41

Will you be charged for pre-credit card instances after you add a card? Also, it's very unclear as to how you end a running instance.

Yes, though I suppose you could just create another account. : )

You can stop a running instance by shutting down the OS. If it's something people really want we can add an API/UI mechanism to do it.

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

#57

Post by devmach »

uvdiv wrote: post #55
devmach wrote: post #43

From https://gridspot.com/privacy > We have designed the Gridspot Software... Sorry if i missed but : Who are you ? Please put some information about "yourself" somewhere on your site. And if you can, please answer these questions on your page : - What is your company name and legal type ? - What is your location ? - How can i contact to you ? No, support@gridspot.com doesn't count, put some landline numbers too. - W…

I think it's Adam Smith of Xobni, he's the guy (adamsmith) who submitted this link. http://blog.adamsmith.cc/about-adam-smith.html

Thanks. But that's an assumption. He / they should write relevant company informations on gridspot.com.

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

#58

Post by [deleted] »

humbert wrote: post #51
uvdiv wrote: post #36

"Thus, we decided to only run computations when the outdoor temperature near the user is below a certain level (currently 16 degrees Celcius). When it's that cold outside, we assume that the computer's room is being heated anyway. All of the electricity used to do computations gets turned into heat, according to the laws of physics. So the heat generated by the computations displaces the need for heat generated by a…

Break-even is 0.2 cents/hour per core for a 4-core system that uses 100 watts. A full i7-3770K system with integrated graphics uses 102 watts under heavy load [1], and when each of its 4 cores sells for 0.2 cents/hour, that covers the 4*0.2 = 0.8 cents/hour difference from natural gas to electricity. 0.3 cents/hour covers the entire electricity usage, providing free heat. [1] http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Intel-Core…

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Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

#59

Post by jontas »

adamsmith wrote: post #35
panarky wrote: post #33

This seems too good to be true, but it's working great for me! With no credit card, I got an instance with 3 GB RAM running in less than 60 seconds. It costs $0.002 per hour. One glitch: Both the UI and the API say there are 2 instances running, but they both have the same IP address and port. If there really are 2 instances, how do I ssh to the second one?

That sounds like a bug! Just sent you email : )

I've got another one for you :)

The Add Credit Card link is pointing here:

http://localhost:8000/compute/change_card

Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing

#60

Post by adamsmith »

jontas wrote: post #59
adamsmith wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sounds like a bug! Just sent you email : )

I've got another one for you :) The Add Credit Card link is pointing here: http://localhost:8000/compute/change_card

How embarrassing (but fixed now). That was introduced when I added the ability to boot five instances without a credit card. Thanks for letting me know!
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