Hi,

I have a friend who is looking to run a few simulations he has implemented in python and needs around 256GB of ram. He is estimating it will take a couple of hours, but he is studying economics so take that with a grain of salt 🤣

For this instance, I recommended GCP, but I felt a bit dirty doing that. So, I was wondering if any of you have a buttload of memory he can burrow? Generally, would you lend your RAM for a short amount of time to a stranger over the internet? (assuming internet acccess is limited to a signle ssh port, other necessary safeguards are in place)

  • Railcar8095@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    16 hours ago

    *looking at the 14TB cluster I had running for 18 hours

    Yep, nobody would ever need that much memory

      • Railcar8095@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        15 hours ago

        To be honest, it was a very paralell process. I could do a fraction of the compute, needing a fraction of the RAM, but taking a shit ton more time.

        Also, theres no perfect machine for this use. I can have 3.5 times more RAM than needed, or start swapping and waste time.