Pricing

Prices

The table below indicates the prices of HPC Center's services for the structural units of University of Tartu and external users.

The prices are set in accordance with the University of Tartu order No. 3-1/AT/267, and are valid from January 1st, 2024. The income financial source is ELTATHPC. The Manager of the HPC Center, Ivar Koppel, is the party responsible for the billing.

Please don’t hesitate to contact us at support@hpc.ut.ee, if you have any questions about pricing.

HPC Compute servers
  • CPU 0.012 EUR/core h or
  • Memory 0.012 EUR/6GB/h.
  • GPU 0.5 EUR/GPU/h.

  • Memory usage is calculated by 6 GB segments.
    Price depends on the use of which resource is greater. Accounting of the use the computing servers is based on the amount of memory (with 1 unit being equal to 6 GB of RAM/h) and processors (with 1 unit being equal to 1 core/h) allocated to the user’s job(s).

  • When determining the order of starting compute jobs, jobs with higher priority are given preference.
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Storage space
  • Storage 80 EUR/1TB/year
  • In case of 2x replicated data, 160 EUR/1TB/year.
  • A copy stored on tape costs 30 EUR/1TB/year.
  • Replicated + tape stored data costs 190 EUR/1TB/year.

  • Usable protocols are Samba, NFS, dsmc (TSM command line tool) and direct usage from HPC cluster.
    If looking for simpler access protocols, S3 is a better option.
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S3 object storage
  • Storage 160 EUR/1TB/year

  • NB! The data retrieval and data transfer are not charged!
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LUMI (Large Unified Modern Infrastructure)
  • CPU 0.008 EUR/core h
  • GPU 0.35 EUR/core h
  • User home directory: free
  • Project storage (persistent and scratch) 0.0106 EUR/TB/h
  • Storage Flash based scratch storage is billed at the rate 10 x 0.0106 EUR/TB/h
Virtual Machine (Cloud service)
  • CPU 0.003 EUR/core h
  • GPU 0.5 EUR/GPU/h.
  • Memory 0.0013 EUR/1GB/h
  • Storage SSD storage 0.138 EUR/1TB/h

  • Billing is the sum of resources booked for the virtual private cloud (VPC), which can contain 1 or more virtual machines (VM). For example, in case of a VPC of m.xsmall flavor with 1 processor core, 1GB of ram and 10GB of SSD storage space allocated for it, will cost 1*0.003*24*365 = 26 euros per year for the CPU and 1*0.0013*24*365 = 11 euros per year for RAM and 1/10*0.138*24*365 = 120 euros per year for the storage space.
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SAPU
  • One time set-up fee 500 EUR
  • CPU 0.003 EUR/core h
  • Memory 0.0013 EUR/1GB/h
  • Storage SSD storage 0.138 EUR/1TB/h
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Kubernetes container managed service
  • CPU 0.003 EUR/core/h
  • Memory 0.0013 EUR/1GB/h
  • GPU 0.5 EUR/GPU/h.
  • Storage SSD storage 0.138 EUR/1TB/h

  • Accounting is by used or by requested resources, whichever is greater. Accounting resolution is usage per minute.
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Server maintenance
  • Rate 50 EUR/server/month.
  • Includes monitoring and installation of security updates.
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Administrator’s hourly rate
  • Rate 60 EUR/h

  • Will be applied in case the desired software requires unusually long and complicated installation process.
Waldur hosting
  • Small up to 100 users - 99 EUR/month
  • Medium up to 500 users - 199 EUR/month
  • Large more than 500 users - 349 EUR/month

  • Hosting includes backups, availability monitoring, upgrades and integration with UT HPC helpdesk. Billing is once a year at the beginning of the billing period (the minimum contract period is one year). If, during the billing period, the number of users increases, the next bill will include the additional fee from the past period (the difference between pricing tiers). There is no refund for unused seats.

* When determining the order of starting compute jobs, jobs with higher priority are given preference.

** Accounting of the use the computing servers is based on the amount of memory (with 1 unit being equal to 6 GB of RAM/h) and processors (with 1 unit being equal to 1 core hour) allocated to the user’s job(s).

For the structural units of University of Tartu, the price is based on whichever resource has more units allocated to it. For instance, for a job that uses 1 core and 2 GB of memory, and runs for 10 hours, the price is max(1, 2/6)*10*0.012=0.12 euros, but for a job that uses 1 core and 12 GB of memory, and runs for 10 hours, the price is max(1, 12/6)*10*0.012=0.24 euros.

*** For example, in case of a virtual server m.xsmall flavor with 1 processor core, 1GB of ram and 10GB of SSD storage space allocated for it, will cost 1*0.003*24*365 = 26 euros per year for the CPU and 1*0.0013*24*365 = 11 euros per year for RAM and 1/10*0.138*24*365 = 120 euros per year for the storage space