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BTG, NEC Electronics & Biogen: The Business Case for Server Compute Farms

BTG, NEC Electronics & Biogen: The Business Case for Server Compute Farms. Chapter 11 Case 1. Compute Farms. Compute Farms: servers pooled to create a single computing resource optimized for CPU and memory-intensive applications.

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BTG, NEC Electronics & Biogen: The Business Case for Server Compute Farms

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  1. BTG, NEC Electronics & Biogen: The Business Case for Server Compute Farms Chapter 11 Case 1

  2. Compute Farms • Compute Farms: servers pooled to create a single computing resource optimized for CPU and memory-intensive applications. • Aggregate servers into one large, virtual resource that’s accessible by workstations and are optimized to run large jobs that may take minutes or hours. • Compute farms differ from server farms, which process large numbers of short bursts of transactions.

  3. Business Benefits of Compute Farms: • Reduce the need to purchase new hardware. • Spikes in demand are easier to accommodate. • Ability to get connected to the compute farms and become fully functional in a short period of time. • Outsourcer provides construction, reconfiguration, software and management of the system. • Farms cost a fraction of the cost of mainframe or supercomputers because they harness the computing resources of cheaper hardware. • Add resources in areas where there’s a gap. • Figure out how to capture successes and apply them to other e-businesses.

  4. Business Benefits - cont.: • Decentralization across networked PCs produces additional benefits such as improved scalability and reliability. • Lets users retain the convenience and power of their desktop workstations rather than forcing them to access a mainframe.

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