Comment by schoen
5 hours ago
In the sense that the company paying to reserve a certain quantity of computer time isn't the owner or operator of the machines providing it, and has paid for that time by the hour, or something?
5 hours ago
In the sense that the company paying to reserve a certain quantity of computer time isn't the owner or operator of the machines providing it, and has paid for that time by the hour, or something?
Yes. Most cloud provider bill based on wall clock time rather than core time, so you don't get a discount for the machines being idle.