Our partnership program allows researchers and research groups at FSU to purchase dedicated resources on the HPC and our storage systems. Access will always be free for all software, with universal access to HPC Slurm accounts (aka partitions) and primary storage allocations.
The Research Computing Center is an auxiliary unit at FSU. All our purchases are processed through internal purchase orders and are a one-time charge to your budget. The exception is the monthly NCU service, which was created to allow recurring payments to provide more flexibility. Purchase orders expire at the end of the fiscal year but only need to be renewed monthly for the NCU service.
HPC Dedicated Resources
Research groups who buy into the HPC gain priority access to resources in the HPC and get access to their own dedicated Slurm account (partition) for queuing jobs. We sell HPC resources in increments of Normalized Compute Units, which consist of the following:
- One processor core
- 4 to 8 GB RAM
- Storage is no longer included in the NCU (as of November 2022)
Resource | Internal FSU Pricing | Federally Funded Grant Pricing |
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Five years HPC NCU (*) | $161.38 | Contact Us |
Annual cost per NCU | $35.50 | |
Monthly cost per NCU (**) | $3.23 | |
Hourly cost ("core hour") | $0.01 |
Notes:
- (*) An NCU with five years of service will be extended with a two year "no-cost" best-effort extension in order to make the transition to newer grants easier.
- (**) The monthly cost will be charged on a recurring basis, but the amount of NCU can be adjusted before each billing cycle.
GPU Nodes
Resource | Five Year Contract (FSU Pricing) | On-Demand (per CPU Hour) | Federally Funded Grant Pricing |
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One GPU Node
|
$11,012.48 / 5 yrs
|
n/a |
Contact Us |
GPU nodes can be purchased on a per-node, 5-year basis.
Storage Purchase Options
You can purchase additional storage on our parallel storage system (GPFS) or archival system
Resource | Five Year Contract (FSU Pricing) | One Year | Federally Funded Grant Pricing |
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1 GB Parallel HPC Storage |
$ 0.45 / 5 yrs | $0.09 / 1 yr | Contact Us |
1 TB Parallel HPC Storage |
$460 / 5 yrs |
$92 / 1 yr
|
Contact Us |
1 TB Archival Storage |
$68.93 / 5 yrs |
$13.79 / 1 yr
|
Same as FSU pricing |
Consulting
In addition to our general service and support, we offer dedicated support and consulting time for purchase. This may include programming, work on special research projects, or assignment of a staff FTE for dedicated support. We handle these on a case-by-case basis. Contact us to inquire.
Virtual Machines
Virtual machines are available on a buy-in basis. We offer this service to grant-funded projects only; our partners in ITS also provide virtual machine services for departmental or non-research related use.
Resource | Five Year Contract (FSU Pricing) | On-Demand (per Month) | Federally Funded Grant Pricing |
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Small VM
|
$1,687.30 / 5 yrs ($337.46/yr) |
$28.12/mo ($337.44/yr) |
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Medium VM
|
$3,374.60 / 5 yrs ($674.92/yr) |
$56.24/mo ($674.88/yr) |
Contact Us |
Large VM
|
$6,749.20 / 5 yrs ($1,349.84/yr) |
$112.49/mo ($1,349.88/yr) |
Contact Us |