# General Cloud **URL:** https://community.cloudbank.org/c/general-cloud/11.md [Latest](https://community.cloudbank.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.cloudbank.org/categories.md) --- ## [About the General Cloud category](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/about-the-general-cloud-category/33)
**Author:** [@amanda\_tan](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/amanda_tan)\ **Replies:** 0
--- ## [Object / blob storage cost comparison](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/object-blob-storage-cost-comparison/193)
**Author:** [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/object-blob-storage-cost-comparison/193 "2024-10-07T23:23:24Z")
Is there a single point of reference to compare cost of object (or “blob”) storage on various clouds? --- ## [AI funding opportunities on the cloud](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/ai-funding-opportunities-on-the-cloud/188)
**Author:** [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/ai-funding-opportunities-on-the-cloud/188 "2024-08-02T17:10:46Z")
I am interested in doing some AI-related research. Are there any current opportunities for support to do this work on the cloud? --- ## [Cloud Computing and NAIRR](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/cloud-computing-and-nairr/174)
**Author:** [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 31, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/cloud-computing-and-nairr/174 "2024-05-31T18:23:18Z")
I am interested in the connection between CloudBank and the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR) program initiated by the US federal government. What are the pros and cons of using the public cloud … --- ## [Storing VMs cheaply when you're not using them](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/storing-vms-cheaply-when-youre-not-using-them/165)
**Author:** [@NLAlterman](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/NLAlterman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2023, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/storing-vms-cheaply-when-youre-not-using-them/165 "2023-11-02T23:19:39Z")
What should I be worrying about? It’s common when using cloud VMs for your research to leave them shut down for several months at a time while you’re in phases of your work that don’t involve heavy computation. In theor… --- ## [Technical support](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/technical-support/159)
**Author:** [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/technical-support/159 "2023-08-21T21:55:36Z")
Dear CloudBank: Now that I’m on my cloud account and setting up virtual machines and data and software: I have run into some technical issues. I know the CloudBank team is not (currently) staffed up with Research Softwa… --- ## [Is GRE tunneling supported by the cloud?](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/is-gre-tunneling-supported-by-the-cloud/142)
**Author:** [@NLAlterman](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/NLAlterman)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2023, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/is-gre-tunneling-supported-by-the-cloud/142 "2023-02-27T19:51:50Z")
As of early 2023: Generally, yes; it is supported by AWS, GCP, and IBM. It is not, however, supported by Azure. --- ## [How can I enable pings on my VMs?](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/how-can-i-enable-pings-on-my-vms/143)
**Author:** [@NLAlterman](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/NLAlterman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/how-can-i-enable-pings-on-my-vms/143 "2023-02-23T18:49:51Z")
The terminal ‘ping’ command is often used to see whether or not a server at a given IP address is running and responsive. This is accomplished by sending data packets using the IP/ICMP protocol between your computer and … --- ## [How do i get GPUs? how much do they cost?](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/how-do-i-get-gpus-how-much-do-they-cost/136)
**Author:** [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/how-do-i-get-gpus-how-much-do-they-cost/136 "2022-12-13T20:57:21Z")
I have to do some heavy computation; so I need 4 A100 GPUs. Is this possible? How much will it cost me? --- ## [What is a cost calculator and how do I find it?](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/what-is-a-cost-calculator-and-how-do-i-find-it/135)
**Author:** [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/what-is-a-cost-calculator-and-how-do-i-find-it/135 "2022-12-12T21:18:31Z")
I wonder how to estimate cloud cost… and I keep hearing ‘use the cost calculator!’ What is that? --- ## [How do I estimate my cloud costs?](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/how-do-i-estimate-my-cloud-costs/85)
**Author:** [@DrJames](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/DrJames)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/how-do-i-estimate-my-cloud-costs/85 "2022-12-12T21:10:10Z")
For a user new to cloud, what is the best way to estimate cloud costs for the purposes of putting together a project budget? Is there anything different that should be done when the budget is to be used for an NSF solic… --- ## [How much does it cost to train an ML model on the cloud?](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/how-much-does-it-cost-to-train-an-ml-model-on-the-cloud/127)
**Author:** [@NLAlterman](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/NLAlterman)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/how-much-does-it-cost-to-train-an-ml-model-on-the-cloud/127 "2022-09-08T20:18:57Z")
Projects like training an ML model break down into compute and storage, the former of which is charged hourly and the latter is charged per gigabyte-month. Because of the variability in ML model complexity it’s hard for … --- ## [What is quantum computing on the cloud?](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/what-is-quantum-computing-on-the-cloud/113)
**Author:** [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/what-is-quantum-computing-on-the-cloud/113 "2022-03-29T21:03:33Z")
…and how does it connect to CloudBank, if at all?.. --- ## [How do I recreate my processing on the Google cloud?](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/how-do-i-recreate-my-processing-on-the-google-cloud/108)
**Author:** [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/how-do-i-recreate-my-processing-on-the-google-cloud/108 "2022-02-14T21:04:01Z")
I am using a software package called DJFFSTB; and it takes 3 hours to run on my desktop. How do I get this running on, say, the Google cloud? I need other people to be able to use it as well; so how do I do that? And how… --- ## [How to estimate S3 costs?](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/how-to-estimate-s3-costs/101)
**Author:** [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/how-to-estimate-s3-costs/101 "2021-11-29T22:27:54Z")
I’m having a hard time arriving at a good object storage cost estimate; any suggestions? --- ## [CLI what is that really?](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/cli-what-is-that-really/92)
**Author:** [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2021, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/cli-what-is-that-really/92 "2021-06-30T23:14:09Z")
I keep reading about the “cloud CLI”; which expands to “cloud command line interface”; but what is that in plain language? --- ## [Jupyter Hub question](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/jupyter-hub-question/59)
**Author:** [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2020, 12:26am UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/jupyter-hub-question/59 "2020-09-02T00:26:11Z")
My group wants to use a Jupyter Hub. How do we build one of those on our cloud account? --- ## [Data security on the cloud](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/data-security-on-the-cloud/53)
**Author:** [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 1:26am UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/data-security-on-the-cloud/53 "2020-08-20T01:26:00Z")
My group works with anonymized data but we are still supposed to have a very secure computing environment. This means we can’t use the cloud; so is it possible this could change in the future? --- ## [Between R and Python what is best for cloud-based data science?](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/between-r-and-python-what-is-best-for-cloud-based-data-science/61)
**Author:** [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2020, 1:43am UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/between-r-and-python-what-is-best-for-cloud-based-data-science/61 "2020-08-20T01:43:05Z")
Basically my question is whether there is a clear best choice programming language if we’re going to move to cloud computing. --- ## [How do I plan/choose between #VM and #Container?](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/how-do-i-plan-choose-between-vm-and-container/32)
**Author:** [@rob](https://community.cloudbank.org/u/rob)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2020, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.cloudbank.org/t/how-do-i-plan-choose-between-vm-and-container/32 "2020-08-18T17:08:44Z")
I understand that a Virtual Machine (#VM) is sort of a dedicated (although virtual) computer that runs a full-blown operating system. I further understand that a #Container is also a virtualized environment but it “live…