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HiPerGator

The UF Board of Trustees has ensured that Florida educational institutions can purchase resources on HiPerGator, perform the same activities as UF faculty and staff, and are subject to the same policies, rules, and conditions governing the use of HiPerGator by UF faculty and staff.

Prices below are for fixed-duration 5-year resource allocations. The duration matches the expected industry-standard lifecycles for computational hardware. No IDC (Indirect Cost) charge is incurred. 

Service

 Rate
1 processor core (NCU)
  • One priority dedicated CPU core with 8 GB of RAM.
  • Approximately 7 GB per core usable by the software application.
 $200 / NCU
1 NVIDIA GPU (NGU)
  • One NVIDIA GPU
  • Requires the purchase of at least one CPU core to access the GPU and some disk storage as needed.
 $2,800 / NGU
1 TB orange storage (OSU)
  • One TB data storage capacity for long-term storage.
 $125 / OSU
1 TB blue storage (BSU)
  • One TB data storage capacity for high-performance storage.
  • All groups must have at least 1TB of Blue storage at all times. (See here)
 $625 / BSU

The base prices for a 1-year duration are listed below. IDC (Indirect Cost) charge will be added to this type of purchase by the office of grants and contracts if grant funding is used. Resource and service allocation duration ranged from 1 month to 5 years can be selected at the time of purchase in the form submission. The prices will be pro-rated for the selected investment duration, or a custom duration can be requested at the time of purchase in the form submission. 

Service

 Rate
1 processor core (NCU)
  • One priority dedicated CPU core with 8 GB of RAM.
  • Approximately 7 GB per core usable by the software application.
 $44 / NCU
1 NVIDIA GPU (NGU)
  • One NVIDIA GPU
  • Requires the purchase of at least one CPU core to access the GPU and some disk storage as needed.
 $620 / NGU
1 TB orange storage (OSU)
  • One TB data storage capacity for long-term storage.
 $25 / OSU
1 TB blue storage (BSU)
  • One TB data storage capacity for high-performance storage.
  • All groups must have at least 1TB of Blue storage at all times. (See here)
 $140 / BSU

HiPerGator-RV

Prices below are for fixed-duration 5-year resource allocations. The duration matches the expected industry-standard lifecycles for computational hardware. No IDC (Indirect Cost) charge is incurred. 

Service

 Rate
1 processor core (RNCU)
  • One priority dedicated CPU core with 8 GB of RAM.
  • Approximately 7 GB per core usable by the software application.
 $400 / RNCU
1 NVIDIA GPU (RNGU)
  • One NVIDIA GPU
  • Requires the purchase of at least one CPU core to access the GPU and some disk storage as needed.
 $2,800 / RNGU
1 TB regulated research storage (RRSU)
  • One TB data storage capacity (not use) for long-term storage.
 $825 / RRSU

The base prices for a 1-year duration are listed below. IDC (Indirect Cost) charge will be added to this type of purchase by the office of grants and contracts if grant funding is used. Resource and service allocation duration ranged from 1 month to 5 years can be selected at the time of purchase in the form submission. The prices will be pro-rated for the selected investment duration, or a custom duration can be requested at the time of purchase in the form submission. 

Service

 Rate
1 processor core (RNCU)
  • One priority dedicated CPU core with 8 GB of RAM.
  • Approximately 7 GB per core usable by the software application.
 $84 / RNCU
1 NVIDIA GPU (RNGU)
  • One NVIDIA GPU
  • Requires the purchase of at least one CPU core to access the GPU and some disk storage as needed.
 $620 / RNGU
1 TB regulated research storage (RRSU)
  • One TB data storage capacity (not use) for long-term storage.
 $180 / RRSU

Training & Consultation

UFIT Research Computing has a number of different training programs for users to utilize in order to make the most efficient use of their resources. From training how to use the system to in-depth consultation hours to target specific programs and algorithms that users may need for their work, a service is available to handle the needs of our customers.

Service Description Rate
HiPerGator training Training sessions are offered on a regular basis with topics ranging from general access to HiPerGator to specific topics in biology, chemistry, engineering, etc. No cost
Restricted data training UFIT Research Computing offers courses that meet the extended training requirement of restricted data research. Multiple courses may need to be completed depending on the data restriction. No cost
Software consulting UFIT Research Computing staff provide consulting service to a research team to enhance software, provide training, or meet other software needs. The consulting fee covers UFIT Research Computing staff time spent on the consulting service, but not the HiPerGator resource allocation. The Principle Investigator needs to purchase the allocation that is needed for the consulting project or service. $95/hour
Restricted data consulting Analysis and configuration of project workflows and applications for the restricted data environments, ResShield and HiPerGator-RV $95/hour

PubApps

The purpose of PubApps is not intended to be a generic web application hosting service.Use UFIT T4 CMS Hosting, UFIT Apache Hosting, or UFIT VM Hosting for document or web application and service hosting unrelated to HiPerGator or UFIT Research Computing. PubApps is a web hosting service and infrastructure for existing UFIT Research Computing customers that cannot be easily obtained elsewhere, require access to data and computational resources on HiPerGator, etc. It can provide UFIT Research Computing customers with a competitive edge for top-tier  research and presentation of research, with such needs as significant computational and database resources, application support, access to data on large parallel filesystems, or setting up services connected to data-producing hardware on premises at the University to feed into workflows running on HiPerGator. Use the Service Purchase Form to submit a PubApps purchase request. 

Service

 Rate
Basic PubApps Instance (PA-INSTANCE) - Service and the resource for the first hosting VM
  • 2 virtual CPU cores
  • 16GB of memory
  • 1TB of data storage (on the public side)
  • 40GB of disk space
  $300
PubApps CPU (PA-CPU) - Addition to the instance resources or for additional VMs
  • Additional CPU core
  • Additional 7.8GB of Memory
 $44
PubApps GPU (PA-GPU)
  • GPU unit for your PubApps instance to accommodate applications that require GPUs
 $620
PubApps Storage (PA-STORAGE)
  • Additional 1TB of storage in addition to the storage provided by a basic instance
 $140

External Rates

Certain external organizations may be eligible to purchase resources from UFIT Research Computing. Pricing for these purchases is separate from the subsidized rates paid by UF faculty members and research collaborators, and are delineated as follows:

  • Discounted external rates are applicable to purchases by UF-supported startup companies, such as those associated with UF Innovate.
  • Full external rates are applicable to purchases by a limited number of organizations that meet certain qualifications for purchasing through UFIT Research Computing.

External rates are determined by calculating the total cost recovery for providing the products and services, including amortization of equipment and infrastructure. 

Resource Type
Description
Discounted Rate
Full Rate
1 processor core
(NCU)
 One priority dedicated CPU core with 4 GB of RAM, with approximately 3 GB per core usable by the software application. $55 / NCU
per year		 $89 / NCU
per year
1 NVIDIA GPU
(NGU)

One NVIDIA GPU

 $775 / NGU
per year		 $1,574 / NGU
per year
1 TB orange storage
(OSU)
 One TB data storage capacity for long-term storage. $31 / OSU
per year		 $77 / OSU
per year
1 TB blue storage
(BSU)
 One TB data storage capacity for high-performance storage. $175 / BSU
per year		 $413 / BSU
per year
Pubapps functionality
(PUBAPPS)
 Enables one year of PUBAPPS portal functionality (up to 1 TB in size) for a resource investment. $375 / PUBAPPS
per year		 $600 / PUBAPPS
per year
Pubapps CPU (PA-NCU)
 Enables one year of 1 CPU with 7.8GB of RAM for Pubapps Functionality $55 / PA-NCU per year $89 / PA-NCU per year
Pubapps Storage (PA-STORAGE)
 1 TB of storage quota for Pubapps $175 / PA-STORAGE per year $413 / PA-STORAGE per year
Consulting
 UFIT Research Computing staff provide consulting service to a research team to enhance software, provide training, or meet other software needs  $119 / Hour  $190 / Hour
Resource Type
Description
Discounted Rate
Full Rate
1 processor core
(RNCU)
 One priority dedicated CPU core with 4 GB of RAM, with approximately 3 GB per core usable by the software application. $95 / RNCU
per year		 $129 / RNCU
per year
1 NVIDIA GPU
(RNGU)

One NVIDIA GPU

 $775 / RNGU
per year		 $1,574 / RNGU
per year
1 TB replicated storage
(RRSU)
 One TB data storage capacity for long-term, high performance storage. $375 / RRSU
per year		 $613 / RRSU
per year