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From NJIT-ARCS HPC Wiki
HPC Location Matrix
This matrix lists the pros and cons of types of HPC hardware ownership and hardware locations.
| Item | Category | Subcategory A | Subcategory B | Pros | Cons | Notes | |
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| 1 | Hardware owned by institution |
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| 2 | On-campus | ||||||
| 3 | Strongly preferred by NJIT researchers using HPC | Hardware will not stay current without funded timely re-fresh | |||||
| 4 | Provides maximum control for researchers and administrators | Expansion is limited by physical space, and power and HVAC requirements | |||||
| 5 | HPCBaseline provides guaranteed capability for researchers without and with their own funding | Expansion of resources takes months, compared to typically less than 1 hour for cloud | |||||
| 6 | Researchers who own hardware have continued use of that hardware when their funding runs out | ||||||
| 7 | For HPC use patterns, less expensive than commercial cloud | ||||||
| 8 | Easily integrated into the NJIT AFS software environment | ||||||
| 9 | Can be expanded into the cloud as needed and funded | ||||||
| 10 | Colorado School of Mines (peer institution) stance | ||||||
| 11 | Campus Champions On/off-premise HPC | See: 1)Last bullet in "Section 1 responses" 2) Next to last bullet in "Section 2 responses" |
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| 12 | Off-campus | ||||||
| 13 | Co-location | ||||||
| 14 | Differences from "On-campus": Item 4, Diminished control for administrators; Item 8, Integration may be problematical | Differences from "On-campus" None | |||||
| 15 | Commercial | ||||||
| 16 | Differences from "On-campus": Item 4, Significantly diminished control for administrators; Item 8, Integration likely to be problematical | Differences from "On-campus" Items 3, 4, 5 do not apply | Costs are unlnown | ||||
| 17 | Hardware not owned by institution |
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| 18 | Free cloud [1] | ||||||
| 19 | "Evergreen" - new processors readily available | Successful proposal needed | |||||
| 20 | Flexible configuration | Access ends when proposal period ends | |||||
| 21 | Expandable, within propsal limits | Loss of common software environment compared to owned | |||||
| 22 | Commercial cloud [2] | ||||||
| 23 | "Evergreen" - new processors readily available | Generally more expensive for HPC than owned hardware | |||||
| 24 | Flexible configuration | Loss of common software environment compared to owned | |||||
| 25 | Rapidly expandable | Access ends when funds run out |
Legend
[1] E.g., XSEDE
[2] E.g., AWS, Azure, GCP, Penguin
