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)

  • HelloRoot@lemy.lolEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Why not get a 0.5 or 1 tb nvme ssd and set it all as swap?

    It will run probably 10 times slower, but it’s cheap and doable.

  • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    The computer I’m typing on has 96 gb ram. Most of my equipment is ancient in terms of PCs. This one I build about 14 years ago, and I fully stocked it with the cutting edge tech of the day. My intent was to build a LTS PC, as it were. LOL Back then, SLI was the thing, but I’ve upgraded the GPU. I have some old stuff in the parts bin tho, but it’s ancient as well.

  • squaresinger@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    First, define what you are asking for.

    Do you want someone to send you a cardboard box full of RAM? Then forget it. Nobody would be stupid enough to lend that much expensive hardware to someone on the internet.

    Or are you asking for someone to let you run random code on their PC for a few hours? Then forget it. Nobody would be stupid enough to open “a single SSH port” to someone on the internet to run potential malware on their PC.

    That’s exactly what cloud platforms are there for, and if you don’t like google, get any other cloud provider.

  • 𝚝𝚛𝚔@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I’ve got 512GB of RAM in my server, and 128GB of RAM on my desktop cause you can never have too much.

  • billwashere@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    As a hardware guy there is so little info here

    DDR2, 3, 4, or 5? Clock speed? ECC? Registered?

    Yeah I have boxes of older memory. But there needs to be a lot more specifics. Most of my home lab machines have at least 384gb (VMs need a lot of memory).

  • cevn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Needing that much RAM is usually a red flag that the algo is not optimized.

    • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Researchers always make some of the worst coders unfortunately.

      Scientists, pair up with an engineer to implement your code. You’ll thank yourself later.