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Commercial product have their place.
Several perfectly good reasons may warrant the purchase of a commercially produced supercomputer, though careful consideration must be done. First evaluate whether the applications can keep the machine busy all the time. Then your budget must allow for this significant purchase and accompanying data center to house the supercomputer. It's important to remember to include the budget necessary to keep up with the maintenance and upgrades to uphold this investment. For these reasons many who have a need to harness supercomputing power don't buy supercomputers because they can't afford them.