title: Are there clusters available to rent?
body: <p>I am wondering if there are clusters available to rent.</p>
  
  <p>Scenario:</p>
  
  <p>We have a program that will take what we estimate a week to run(after optimization) on a given file. Quite possibly, longer. Unfortunately, we also need to do approximately 300+ different files, resulting in approximately <code>300</code> weeks of compute time(roundable to <em>6 wallclock years of continuously running job</em>). For a research job that should be done - at the latest - by December, that's simply unacceptable. While we are exploring other options, I am investigating the option of simply renting a Beowulf cluster. The job is academic and will lead towards the completion of a PhD.</p>
  
  <p>What would be ideal would be a company that we send the source and the job files to the company and then receive a week or two later the result files. Voila!</p>
  
  <p>Quick googling doesn't turn up anything terribly promising.</p>
  
  <p>Suggested Solutions?</p>