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Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing
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Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing
#92Your customer service phone number is returning busy.
Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
No, it's Adam but you're right that he should write something about himself within the company website. In the meantime, you can see him answering feedback in the comments of this discussion. Here's one of them http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4226286
Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing
#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
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!!!
It shouldn't matter how many physical CPUs there are, I only care how many my VM can use and how fast each one is. If `cat /proc/cpuinfo` or `top` only shows one CPU, I wouldn't expect to be charged for 4 of them.
You are of course absolutely right! There was a bug (now fixed) that was causing only one cpu to show up in the VMs. All instances started after now should have the proper number of cpus visible.
(Note, the number of cpus might be higher than the number of physical cpus if the host cpu supports hyperthreading.)
Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing
#95Will 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.
I've also tried 'sudo shutdown now' and while it did shut down the OS, the site says they are still running and the times are still increasing. How will I know when they've actually stopped? Also +1 for an API to end instances, please.
Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing
#96so this is basically BOINC but also allows for-profit/non-research companies to tap its resources
Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing
#97What happens when the contributor abruptly cuts out?
I'm also curious, what happens if all your host contributors decided to stop?
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, it says it right on the page. It's for non-privacy-sensitive applications.
Presumably you are using the results of the distributed system's work for something. Can you trust those results from people who can't keep a web server alive?
I'm not sure what you mean by "can't keep a web server alive" but I think the answer to your question is to run your computations on multiple instances at once to validate your results.
Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing
#99Can't someone create market-exchange type service, where price is set by supply and demand. People get paid for idle compute time, and other people buy it.
The price will go As high it needs to, for suppliers to think it's worth while.
It would interesting to see what the resting price is. I.e what suppliers think is worth while. It will probably be at max slightly higher than amazon, because people will do arbitrage with amazon.
Re: Show HN: Gridspot, 10x cheaper cloud compute using distributed computing
#100Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, it says it right on the page. It's for non-privacy-sensitive applications.
Presumably you are using the results of the distributed system's work for something. Can you trust those results from people who can't keep a web server alive?
Give them some break. Probably they are still building it. Frequently people post to HN before things are ready so that friends can review it and post feedback.