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How it Works
Customers purchase annual base membership to the Computing on Demand center. Base membership includes a "home" management node in the IBM CoD center and a software VPN connection (SSL, “Meet-Me” and hardware upgrade available). Members can store their software stack/license on the management node. When the need arises, CoD members will be able to submit a request for additional compute cycles via the new CoD web portal. Automation will help ensure authorized resources are dynamically provisioned into a secure virtual LAN for the client to access at the committed start time, significantly streamlining the on demand process. Members retain control of their environment with root access to the systems they are using. The net result is that members gain supercomputing power that can look and act like an in-house resource, which may help avoid hardware purchase, maintenance, and management costs.
Dedicated, Variable or Dynamic capacity
Capacity is available through highly flexible variable agreements or more cost-effective long-term arrangements.
- Dynamic: hourly commitment
- Variable: weekly commitment
- Dedicated: yearly commitment
In both cases customers can, subject to availability, supplement in-house computing capacity with IBM hosted compute clusters and storage, which can help clients to respond to peak or long-term compute capacity requirements and capture business opportunities that might otherwise be out of reach.
Pricing Structure
Clients pay an annual fee to establish and maintain VPN connectivity and a "home node" management server footprint in an IBM CoD center of their choice.
For processing capacity, members can choose from a variety of system types that utilize different processors. Compute power is billed per-processor with discounts for larger capacity volumes and longer rental durations.
Storage capacity is priced per gigabyte by the week.
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