I write futures trading algorithms on my home computer, but the testing of multiple variables takes forever! I would like to purchase time on a mainframe computer to crunch the numbers. Is this possible, and if so, can someone point me in the right direction.
Yes, both Sun and Amazon offer this service. (Yes, Amazon…)
Sun offers pay-as-you-go computing service:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/09/21/HNpayasyougo_1.html?CLUSTERING
http://news.com.com/Sun+begins+pay-as-you-go+supercomputing/2100-1010_3-5375034.html
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=16479&hed=Sun%E2%80%99s+Computing+for+Rent
Amazon is fairly new to the game and their service is called EC2.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9002865
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