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ClusterMAX 2.0 GPU-cloud rating: Security, Lifecycle, Orchestration, Storage, Networking, Reliability, Monitoring, Pricing, Partnerships, Availability — Platinum to UnderPerform

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CaveatClusterMAX 2.1 (2026-04-20) is the current published rating (adds providers + a priced 'Grand Unifying Theory of Goodput'); it names TorchFT (Meta, >10% per-iteration overhead routing collectives through CPU), AWS SageMaker HyperPod Checkpointless (Dec 2025, ~1m45s recovery vs ~15 min restart), and Clockwork TorchPass (licensed live migration) as the 2026 fault-tolerance fork. ClusterMAX 3.0 is not yet published.
As of2025
SourceSemiAnalysis ClusterMAX 2.0
Reviewchecking…review by 2026-10-19 · standard cadence
Recorded changeslast 2026-06-29
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