ARCC operates its HPC clusters via an investment model. A UW researcher may invest into compute nodes on the ARCC HPC clusters by funding their purchase. This gives them priority access to those specific nodes, meaning that any jobs running on the investment nodes at the time of request by the investor, will be killed in order to give the investor access.
ARCC owns those nodes however investment purchases the right to priority access, not
ownership, for the investor.
Hardware investments purchased apply to investors quota (and quota of project members
associated with investment) on top of default quotas for all users.
The cost of nodes is based on current market conditions and is shown in this regularly updated page: Node Purchase Estimates.
B. General (non-investment) cluster usage
If a general-user job lands on an investor’s node, it can be pre-empted (killed) when
the investor requests access.
Checkpointing the jobs for the purpose of continuing computation on a different node
is the responsibility of the users.
Non-Investors may use the non-investor queue to prevent their job getting preempted.
C. ARCC UW Internal Price Sheet
** Please be aware this price sheet only applies to UW Researchers
| Service Name | Description | Default Quota (Base services provided at no cost to UW Researchers) |
Cost Above Quota |
| Data Storage | |||
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Pathfinder S3 Storage |
S3 bucket storage, on-premises. |
N/A |
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VAST storage (Medicinebow Cluster) |
Cluster storage. |
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| HPC Cluster Services | |||
|
Initial Project Setup and Configuration |
Initial project creation and setup, creation of user accounts associated with project, and administrative efforts. |
Setup with standard data storage quotas (listed above) provided at no cost to UW researchers |
Free setup with standard data storage rates |
|
Hardware Reservation Configuration |
Users may choose to purchase exclusive access to HPC node(s) and granted exclusive access to total CPU/GPU hours available on the node(s) over the reservation time period. |
N/A |
$100 / reservation base cost + CPU/GPU compute by hours reserved, billed per above quota pricing |
|
Medicine Bow CPU Hours |
2x AMD 48c 9454, 768GB memory CPU Node |
(*up to 100,000 total non-investment CPU core hrs/year) |
$0.0039453 / core-hour above quota |
|
Medicine Bow A30 GPU Hours |
2x AMD 48c 9454, 768GB memory, 8x A30 24GB GPU Node |
(*up to 20,000 GPU hrs/year in total. - GPU hrs are calculated as combined sum of all GPU hours over 1 year, independent of GPU type) |
$0.1291350 / GPU-hour above quota |
|
Medicine Bow L40S GPU Hours |
2x AMD 48c 9454, 768GB memory, 8x L40S 48GB GPU Node |
$0.1802285 / GPU-hour above quota |
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Medicine Bow H100 GPU hours |
2x AMD 48c 9454, 1.5TB memory, 8x H100-SXM 80GB GPU Node |
$0.6210779 / GPU-hour above quota |
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| Node Investment | |||
|
HPC Investment Services |
User granted unlimited access to run jobs on purchased nodes. *See Node Estimates |
N/A |
$ per node or hardware unit Varies, dependent on hardware specs. (*See Node Purchase Estimates) |
| User Accounts | |||
|
Account Setup/Initialization |
Initial setup and configuration of a single account to utilize ARCC resources. |
Initial account creations associated with UWYO domain accounts. |
$10 / account created for an external collaborator |
| Misc Services | |||
|
ARCC Personnel Consultation |
Consultation and collaboration on miscellaneous project work that does not fit into above listed services |
ARCC provides “best effort" help and consultation for our users at no cost |
$25 / personnel-hour |
|
Additional Software Installation/Configuration |
Additional software installation/configurations and ARCC staff consultation after initial project setup |
$25 / personnel-hour |
|
|
Miscellaneous Services |
Miscellaneous services are charged based on costs associated with hardware, configuration, installation, number of users, data storage quotas, and personnel hours. If we are able meet the requirements of the requested service, the requestor will be provided with a quote from ARCC personnel detailing project charges. *ARCC may charge for personnel hours associated with project planning depending on complexity of the request. |
Varies - Provided via project quote |
|
D. ARCC External/Industry Price Sheet
| Service Name | Description | Default Quota (Base services provided at no cost to UW Researchers) |
Cost Above Quota |
| Data Storage | |||
|
Pathfinder S3 Storage |
S3 bucket storage, on-premises. |
N/A |
|
|
VAST storage (Data-Alcova) |
General storage |
|
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|
VAST storage (Medicinebow Cluster) |
Cluster storage. |
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| HPC Cluster Services | |||
|
Initial Project Setup and Configuration |
Initial one-time setup fee for creation of user accounts, project creation, software installation, and administration. |
Includes default quotas for each user home (50GB), global scratch (5TB), and project
(1TB) spaces, and creation of up to 10 users per project. Additional user account creations and associated storage spaces and quotas are subject to user account and data storage charges as listed. *Industry users purchasing core-hours will receive the benefits of being able to utilize all nodes within the ARCC clusters, unless they are currently being used. |
5000$ |
|
Hardware Reservation Configuration |
Users may choose to purchase exclusive access to HPC node(s) and granted exclusive access to total CPU/GPU hours available on the node(s) over the reservation time period. |
All Users will be charged a one-time fee for the reservation, even if the reserved core hours allocation is not fully utilized within the reservation time frame. |
$100 / reservation base cost + CPU/GPU compute billed by hours reserved |
|
Medicine Bow CPU Hours |
2x AMD 48c 9454, 768GB memory CPU Node |
|
$0.010 / core-hour |
|
Medicine Bow A30 GPU Hours |
2x AMD 48c 9454, 768GB memory, 8x A30 24GB GPU Node |
$0.55 / GPU-hour |
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|
Medicine Bow H100 GPU Hours |
2x AMD 48c 9454, 1.5TB memory, 8x H100-SXM 80GB GPU Node |
|
$2.00 / GPU-hour |
| Node Investment | |||
|
HPC Investment Services |
User granted unlimited access to run jobs on purchased nodes. *See Node Estimates |
N/A |
$ per node or hardware unit Varies, dependent on hardware specs. (*See Node Purchase Estimates) |
|
Hybrid Use Model |
Investors can purchase nodes for unlimited access to their purchased nodes and purchase core hours on the ARCC Clusters |
|
Node price (dependent on hardware specifications), plus the cost of CPU core and GPU hours. |
| User Accounts | |||
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Account Setup/Initialization |
Single-user account setup and configuration for accessing ARCC resources. |
Initial account creations on arcc-resources only. |
$50 one-time fee for initial account creations. Additional fees are billed at standard rates for any additional storage quotas associated with the account. |
| Secure Virtual Machines (VMs) | |||
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Installation and Configuration |
Initial Installation and Configuration of Secure Virtual Machine, including up to 10 associated user accounts. IP-compliant storage billed at standard data storage rates listed above. |
|
Minimum charge of $2,000 per year for a VM with default specifications. Additional charges for customizing (hardware) VM |
| Misc Services | |||
|
ARCC Personnel Consultation |
Consultation and collaboration on miscellaneous project work that does not fit into above listed services |
ARCC provides “best effort" help and consultation for our users at no cost |
$100 / personnel-hour |
|
Additional Software Installation/Configuration |
Additional software installation/configurations and ARCC staff consultation after initial project setup |
$75 / personnel-hour |
|
|
Miscellaneous Services |
Miscellaneous services are charged based on costs associated with hardware, configuration, installation, number of users, data storage quotas, and personnel hours. If we are able meet the requirements of the requested service, the requestor will be provided with a quote from ARCC personnel detailing project charges. *ARCC may charge for personnel hours associated with project planning depending on complexity of the request. |
Varies - Provided via project quote |
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