ComputationalResourcesOffPremise

There are cases in which on-premise resources may not be sufficient for a researcher's needs. Important factors are :

• Nature of the research
• Time frame allocated for results
• Collaboration constraints
• Data sharing constraints

Such cases may include insufficient on-premise :

• Number of cores
• Available RAM
• Storage
• Node interconnect speed
• Disk access speed
• Visualization capabilities

Off-premise resources

There are several vendors that provide off-premise computational and/or storage resources, for a fee. Whether use of such resources makes sense for the researcher is dependent on many variables, as listed above.

In making a decision on using off-premise resources in addition to, or instead of, on-premise resources, researchers are encouraged to consult with Academic and Research Computing Systems, arcs@njit.edu.

Resource type	Example
computation, storage	Amazon Web Service (AWS)
computation, storage	Microsoft Azure
computation, storage	Google Cloud
computation, storage	Rackspace
storage only	Box
storage only	Dropbox
computation grid	Xsede

Research grants from cloud providers

Several companies that offer cloud computing have programs that fund research grants. CloudResources