https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2108.12486/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28365994urn:hackerpapers:mention:2108.12486:28365994Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:15:18 GMT<p>&quot;...Renting servers in the cloud is a generalization of the bin packing problem, motivated by job allocation to servers in cloud computing applications. Jobs arrive in an online manner, and need to be assigned to servers; their duration and size are known at the time of arrival. There is an infinite supply of identical servers, each having one unit of computational capacity per unit of time. A server can be rented at any time and continues to be rented until all jobs assigned to it finish. The cost of an assignment is the sum of durations of rental periods of all servers. The goal is to…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2108.12486/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.DShttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28365993urn:hackerpapers:submission:2108.12486:28365993Tue, 31 Aug 2021 10:15:18 GMT<p>Renting Servers in the Cloud: The Case of Equal Duration Jobs</p><p></p><p>1 point; 1 discussion reply on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2108.12486/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.DS