AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing

Re:AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing by systemvoltage on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:00PM (#33126795)

I am dealing with the exact opposite problem: "Oh you mean, we should leave the EC2 instance running 24/7??? No way, that would be too expensive"... to which I need to respond "No, it would be like $15/month. Trivial, stop worrying about costs in EC2 and S3, we're like 7 people here with 3 GB of data."

I deal with Scientists that think AWS is some sort of a massively expensive enterprise thing. I can be, but not for the use case they're going to be embarking on. Our budget is $7M spanning 4 years.

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Re:AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing by capableweb on Friday October 07, 2022 @05:45PM (#33127253)

> think AWS is some sort of a massively expensive enterprise thing

Compared to using dedicated instances with way cheaper bandwidth, storage and compute power, it might as well be.

Cloud makes sense when you have to scale up/down very quickly, or you'd be losing money fast. But most don't suffer from this problem.

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Re:AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing by pwinnski on Friday October 07, 2022 @07:04PM (#33128034)

At $15/month, it would take longer than a typical school year to beat.

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Re:AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing by gonzo41 on Friday October 07, 2022 @06:15PM (#33127519)

Don't say the budget outloud near AWS. They'll find a way to help you spend it.

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Re:AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing by systemvoltage on Friday October 07, 2022 @06:31PM (#33127653)

Hahaha, may be I need to just go into the AWS ether and start yakking big words like "Elastic Kubernetes Service" to confuse the scientists and get my aws fix. These people are too stingy. I want some shit running in AWS, what good is this admin IAM role.

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Re:AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing by absolutelynobo on Friday October 07, 2022 @08:36PM (#33128701)

GP has already lost that battle.

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Re:AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing by datavirtue on Saturday October 08, 2022 @08:35AM (#33131781)

Yeah, by following the "documentation" and "best practices."

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Re:AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing by geoduck14 on Friday October 07, 2022 @08:43PM (#33128737)

We use a phrase around my job: the only attack we suffer from is "denial of wallet"

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Re:AWS doesn't make sense for scientific computing by slavik81 on Saturday October 08, 2022 @02:20AM (#33130231)

What are you getting for $15/mo? That's surprisingly inexpensive for scientific compute.

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