- CERN started planning its computing grid before AWS was launched.
- It's pretty complicated (politics, mission, vision) for CERN to use external proprietary software/hardware for its main functions (they have even started to MS Office like products.)
- [cost] CERN is quite different than a small team researchers doing few years research. the scale is enormous and very long lived, like for decades continue
- and more...
HPC and scientific computing aside, I would have loved to be able to use AWS when I worked there, internal infra for running web apps and services wasn't nearly good & reliable, neither had a wide catalog of services offered.
- CERN started planning its computing grid before AWS was launched.
- It's pretty complicated (politics, mission, vision) for CERN to use external proprietary software/hardware for its main functions (they have even started to MS Office like products.)
- [cost] CERN is quite different than a small team researchers doing few years research. the scale is enormous and very long lived, like for decades continue
- and more...
HPC and scientific computing aside, I would have loved to be able to use AWS when I worked there, internal infra for running web apps and services wasn't nearly good & reliable, neither had a wide catalog of services offered.