Costs Associated with SRE

The following are estimated benchmark compute and data storage costs when using the SRE. A review of the research project with an IT engineer will determine an appropriately sized computing configuration and data storage allocation.  The review will help determine which compute configuration and data storage allocation would be the most cost-effective solution to support the project.   

Compute  Estimated Yearly Cost per User
Standard Sized Virtual Machines (100 usage hrs./month) $100/year or approx. $0.08/hr.
Standard Sized Virtual Machines (200 usage hrs./month)    $200/year or approx. $0.08/hr. 
Standard Sized Virtual Machines (400 usage hrs./month)    $400/year or approx. $0.08/hr.
Standard Sized Virtual Machines (24x7 usage per month) $600/year or approx. $0.07/hr.
Enhanced Virtual Machines (High-Performance Computing, 24x7)   $4,100/year 
   
Data Storage  
Standard Datasets  (standard storage) $  .26 per gigabyte 
Large Complex Datasets (premium storage) $1.85 per gigabyte
   
Examples of Estimated Cost:   
Standard VMs used 100 hrs./mo. + 50 gigabytes of standard data storage: $113/yr.
Standard VMs used 100 hrs./mo. + 500 gigabytes of standard data storage: $230/yr.
Standard VMs used 200 hrs./mo. + 500 gigabytes of standard data storage:        $330/yr.
Standard VMs used 400 hrs./mo. + 1000 gigabytes of standard data storage:    $660/yr.
Standard VMs used 24x7 + 2000 gigabytes of standard data storage:    $1,120/yr.
Enhanced VMs (HPC running 24x7) + 4000 gigabytes of premium data storage:    $11,500/yr.

 

Please note that software is NOT included in the pricing.  The faculty researcher and/or the research sponsor would need to acquire software licenses needed for the project.