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Run humongous jobs, and run them hundreds of times. Expect that having own equipment is most cost-effective, but reality-check against other options such as CAC's RedCloud service (not mutually exclusive).
Strategy: 2-part
Get Liang set-up with CAC's services (RedCloud?) so he can create the software and test it. And pay per drink at that smaller scale.
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Find a new home for Eldore and any new related serversshort-term.
- 6-month interim phase: CRCF invests in hosting Eldore "on the margin" to allow review of hosting options.
- Evaluate options, including CRCF continuing to host Eldore (with compensation?). Or hardware hosting by CAC. Or hardware hosting by some other campus unit.
- Before 6 months, decide where Eldore can hosted in a sustained manner (vs an interim manner done "on the margin").
Identify a sustainable home for Eldore, longer-term
Resources
http://www.cac.cornell.edu/services/projects.aspx
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