Service charge list

Rule excerpt from the "Service Charge Rule of Osaka University, Section 3, Part 17, Service charge of the Cybermedia Center's large-scale computer systems".
 

Service charge list (since Apr. 1 2023)

(1)Service charge for OCTOPUS

<Remarks>

• 10-percent consumption tax of the total service charge is added based on the above rule.
  Note that the total service charge is calculated as follows in the case of Industrial use (non-disclosure type). The service charge based on the above rule is multiplied by 5 and then 10-percent consumption tax of the multiplied service charge is added.
• The service charge is only valid within the Japanese fiscal year.
• 3 TB disk space is allocated to each application request.
  This allocation is only valid for the first application.
• In (A), a contract change request is accepted only when users request adding node-hours.
• In (A), the basic charge for more than 2 nodes is calculated in proportion to the node number based on the basic charge of 1 node.
• In (A), we might accept the users' application requests for more than 10 nodes on the basis of a three-month period.
  In this case, the service charge per month is one-tenth of the basic charge for a 1 node-year.
• In (B), users are not allowed to change courses.
  However, a request for additional courses is permitted.
• The consumed OCTOPUS point is calculated as follows: The consumed node-hours is multiplied by consumption, seasonal and fuel coefficients. Seasonal coefficient is set to a value (0<value<=1) based on the system utilization situation in the previous fiscal year. Fuel coefficient is set to a value based on latest electric power rates.

  April 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024
  Node type	Consumption coefficient	Seasonal coefficient				Fuel coefficient
  		Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar
  General purpose CPU node	0.1040	FY 2023 is "1" throughout the year.				1.0 (as of April 2023)
  GPU node	0.4346
  Xeon Phi node	0.0836
  Large-scale shared-memory node	0.7406

  Please see here for details on points.

• (C) is only valid within the Japanese fiscal year.
• In (C), 500 TB is the upper limit per a single application request.

(2)Service charge for SQUID

<Remarks>

• 10-percent consumption tax of the total service charge is added based on the above rule.
  Note that the total service charge is calculated as follows in the case of Industrial use (non-disclosure type). The service charge based on the above rule is multiplied by 5 and then 10-percent consumption tax of the multiplied service charge is added.
• The service charge is only valid within the Japanese fiscal year.
• 5 TB storage space for HDD is allocated to each application request.
  This allocation is only valid for the first application.
• In (A), a contract change request is accepted only when users request adding node-hours.
• In (A), the basic charge for more than 2 nodes is calculated in proportion to the node number based on the basic charge of 1 node.
• In (A), we might accept the users' application requests on the basis of a three-month period.
  In this case, the service charge per month is one-tenth of the basic charge for a 1 node-year.
• In (B), users are not allowed to change courses.
  However, a request for additional courses is permitted.
• The consumed SQUID point is calculated as follows: The consumed node-hours is multiplied by consumption, seasonal and fuel coefficients. Seasonal coefficient is set to a value (0<value<=1) based on the system utilization situation in the previous fiscal year. Fuel coefficient is set to a value based on latest electric power rates.

  Consumption coefficient
  Node type	high-priority	normal-priority	share
  General purpose CPU node	0.3746	0.2998	0.2248
  GPU node	2.2934	1.8348	1.3762
  Vector node	1.4140	1.1312	0.8484

  Node type	Seasonal coefficient (April 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024)				Fuel coefficient
  	Apr-Jun	Jul-Sep	Oct-Dec	Jan-Mar
  General purpose CPU node	FY 2023 is "1" throughout the year.				1.0 (as of April 2023)
  GPU node
  Vector node

  Please see here for details on points.

• (C) is only valid within the Japanese fiscal year.
• In (C), HDD 500 TB and SSD 10 TB are the upper limit per a single application request.

(3)Service charge for ONION (object storage)

<Remarks>

• (C) is only valid within the Japanese fiscal year.
• 10-percent consumption tax of the total service charge is added based on the above rule.