EBook

When assessing HPC investments the primary metric IT leaders are stuck with is the price per core hour. But when examining the full value chain and total cost of ownership, hardware can be the least expensive resource.

In fact, optimizing cost based on price per core hour can actually increase the total cost of ownership of HPC systems. 

This ebook will explore a better way to evaluate HPC systems, the price per job. Using this framework IT leaders can balance not just the hardware costs but also optimize software costs and engineering efficiency.


Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Traditional Cost Models
  • The Problem with Basing HPC Decisions on Core Hour Pricing
  • Cores Hours are not a Standard Unit
  • Software Utilization is not Considered
  • R&D Productivity is Ignored
  • Conclusion
  • References and Research
  • Appendix: Nissan Case Study