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Computation & Applied Statistics Consulting

Recharge rates are subject to change with approval from the UC San Diego Recharge Rate Committee. Normal IDC rules apply.
Service	Unit	UC Rate	Non-UC Rate
CASL Contract	Hour	$70	N/A
CASL Consulting	Hour	$99	N/A
Engineering Contract	Hour	$110	N/A
Engineering Consulting	Hour	$145	N/A

Colocation Services

Recharge rates are subject to change with approval from the UC San Diego Recharge Rate Committee. Normal IDC rules apply.
Service	Unit	UC Rate	Non-UC Rate
Rack space	Rack	$580.16 UCSD researchers do not incur this charge. It is covered under a campus research subsidy.	$841.23
Secure Rack Add-On	Rack	$128.08	$185.72
Reserved Rack Space	Rack	$176.00	$255.20
UPS Service	KW	$15.00	$21.75
Generator Service Generator power requires UPS service.	KW	$13.75	$19.94
1GbE Network Port	Port	$20.75	$30.09
10GbE Network Port	Port	$111.16	$161.18
10Gb Core Network Connection Core Connections are always redundant connections and must be purchased in pairs. Actual cost is double the connection rate listed.	Port	$160.08	$232.12
40GbE Network Port	Port	$162.92	Contact Services for rate information.
40Gb Core Network Connection Core Connections are always redundant connections and must be purchased in pairs. Actual cost is double the connection rate listed.	Port	$226.09	Contact Services for rate information.
Direct Edge Connection	Port	$1002.33	Contact Services for rate information.
Consulting	Hour	$94.00	$137.00
Utilities	KW	Utilities will be charged at the actual rate of consumption. Utilities charges for UCSD customers are paid for by campus.	Utilities will be charged at the actual rate of consumption.

Conference Room Rental

Recharge rates are subject to change with approval from the UC San Diego Recharge Rate Committee. Normal IDC rules apply.
Service	Unit	UC Rate	Non-UC Rate
Auditorium B210, B211 & B212, Ground Level East Building Max occupancy 200 Standard Setup: Seating for 130 in a combination of armed and tablet chairs in 2/3 of room. 6 tables (6’x2’) and 5 café tables in other 1/3. Additional tables on north and west walls. Custom Setup (additional cost for labor): Max 200 occupants. Combination of armed and tablet chairs available. 30 tables (6’x2’) and 5 café tables also available. No table linens provided. Outdoor Patio: 12 (60" round) tables and 32 folding chairs. No table linens provided. There is no additional rental fee to use the patio. Audio/Visual: 3 Projectors (left, center, right) 4 Microphones (2 lavalier mics, 2 handheld mics) Windows laptop provided (attached to lecturn)	Hour	$98 first hour; $78 subsequent hours	N/A
Synthesis Center B143 East Building Standard setup: Seating for 30 people in 3 rows of tables facing projection screen. Custom setup (additional cost for labor): Max 30 occupants. Seating for 24 people in executive format (facing group). Other custom arrangements available. Audio/Visual: 3 Projectors (left, center, right) Windows laptop provided (attached to podium)	Hour	$98 first hour; $78 subsequent hours	N/A
AV/IT support SDSC will assist you for a 15 minute sound and AV projector check at no cost during regular business hours. (Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-4:30 PM) Additional time will be charged at the hourly rate.	Hour	$80	N/A

High-Performance Computing

Recharge rates are subject to change with approval from the UC San Diego Recharge Rate Committee. Normal IDC rules apply.
Service	Unit	UC Rate	Non-UC Rate
HPC Cycle - Expanse CPU	SU	$0.0123	Contact for rate information.
HPC Cycle - Expanse GPU	SU	$1.7530	Contact for rate information.

High-Performance Wireless and Research Education Network

Recharge rates are subject to change with approval from the UC San Diego Recharge Rate Committee. Normal IDC rules apply.
Service	Unit	UC Rate	Non-UC Rate
Tier 1	Year	$65,506	$94,984
Tier 2	Year	$13,322	$19,317
Tier 3	Year	$2,210	$3,205
Chief Engineer	Hour	$189.00	$274.05
Project Engineer 2	Hour	$113.00	$163.85
Project Engineer	Hour	$95.00	$138.00

Hubzero

Recharge rates are subject to change with approval from the UC San Diego Recharge Rate Committee. Normal IDC rules apply.
Service	Unit	UC Rate	Non-UC Rate
Hubzero No Hassle Hub	Month	$2,831.64	$4,389.00
Hubzero Setup	Each	$15,519.00	$24,054.00
Hubzero Development/Consulting	Hour	$85.87	$133.00
Add on Hubzero Hosts	Month	$268.04	$415.50

Platform Services

Recharge rates are subject to change with approval from the UC San Diego Recharge Rate Committee. Normal IDC rules apply.
Service	Unit	UC Rate	Non-UC Rate
Account Fee	Month	$15.59	N/A
Desktop Support	Month	$124.87	N/A
Server Maintenance	Hour	$96	N/A
Desktop and Laptop Consulting Application installation, configuration, troubleshooting	Hour	$80	N/A
Server Administration Consulting Application installation, configuration, troubleshooting	Hour	$96	N/A

Science Gateways

Recharge rates are subject to change with approval from the UC San Diego Recharge Rate Committee. Normal IDC rules apply.
Service	Unit	UC Rate	Non-UC Rate
SGCI Usability Engagement	Each	$5,462.83	$8,467.00
SGCI Sustainability	Hour	$102.26	$159.00
Usability Ad Hoc	Hour	$54.00	$84.00

SeedMeLab

Recharge rates are subject to change with approval from the UC San Diego Recharge Rate Committee. Normal IDC rules apply.
Service	Unit	UC Rate	Non-UC Rate
SeedMeLab Lite Tier Includes 100 GB storage and 25 users	Month	$373.50	$541.58
SeedMeLab Standard Tier Includes 1 TB storage and 75 users	Month	$546	$791.67
SeedMeLab Custom Tier 1+ TB storage and 100+ users	Month	Starts at $747.08	Starts at $1083.25
Consultation	Hour	$125	$182
Additional storage per 100GB	Month	$99	$144
Additional 5 users	Month	$10	$14.50

Sherlock Data Services

Recharge rates are subject to change with approval from the UC San Diego Recharge Rate Committee. Normal IDC rules apply.
Service	Unit	UC Rate	Non-UC Rate
Managed Service Infrastructure	Instance/month	$68.64	$99.53
Consulting/Custom Solutions	Hour	$120.49	$174.71
On Prem Virtual Machine Base Cost	Unit/month	$5.01	$7.26
On Prem Virtual Machine Resources	Unit/month	$21.69	$31.45
On Prem Storage and Backup GB	Unit/GB/month	$0.05	$0.07

Triton Shared Computing Cluster

TSCC Condo

Recharge rates are subject to change with approval from the UC San Diego Recharge Rate Committee. Normal IDC rules apply.
Service	Unit	UCSD Rate	UC Rate	Non-UC Rate
System Setup Fee covers racks, switches, cables, etc.	Installation	$2,126	$2,126	$3,038
Condo CPU Operations Fee per purchased node	Node/year	$495*	$2736	$4240
Condo GPU Operations Fee per purchased node	Node/year	$1120*	$3363	$5213
Extended Systems Support	Hour	$119.35	$119.35	$173.00
Advanced User Support	Hour	$106.28	$106.28	$154.11
*Currently for UCSD participants, a portion of the Condo Operations Fee is subsidized by the UCSD Administration and SDSC. Researchers from other UC campuses may be eligible for similar subsidies from their administrations.

TSCC Hotel

Recharge rates are subject to change with approval from the UC San Diego Recharge Rate Committee. Normal IDC rules apply.
Service	Unit	UCSD Rate	UC Rate	Non-UC Rate
TSCC Cycle	SU	$0.025	$0.03	0.04
Advanced User Support	Hour	$106.28	$106.28	$154.11

Web & Database Hosting

Recharge rates are subject to change with approval from the UC San Diego Recharge Rate Committee. Normal IDC rules apply.
Service	Unit	UC Rate	Non-UC Rate
Web and MySQL Database Hosting Includes Apache or Tomcat, MySQL, 4GB of space, no data transfer costs	Month	$83.41	N/A
Consultation Support Fee-for-service user support, site support, site design, and web application development	Hour	$106.12	N/A

WIFIRE Lab

Recharge rates are subject to change with approval from the UC San Diego Recharge Rate Committee. Normal IDC rules apply.
Service	Unit	UC Rate	Non-UC Rate
Annual Subscription	Year	N/A	$25,000
On-demand platform access	Hour	N/A	$110.42

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