The Office of Information Technology provides numerous services to support researchers, departments, and centers. Some resources are offered on a complimentary basis to help encourage research. These resources include 300 GB of raw storage and access to low-priority compute resources on our long (7-day) and short (6-hour) queues.
To request access please submit an account request ticket.
| Complimentary Services |
Per Month |
Total |
| Storage |
– |
300 GB without backup |
| CPU compute hours |
Unlimited longq submissions 20,000 hours of shortq submissions |
– |
Beyond the above complimentary services, certain services may be purchased through our Research Computing Auxiliary. These include storage, backups, enhanced priority jobs, GPU/AI accelerators, data center hosting, consultation, and virtual machines.
The Office of Information Technology Research Computing Auxiliary Core has three service schedules, and these services are charged per-month by default but may be charged annually upon request.
Service Schedules:
- Sponsored Research
- Internal FAU Entities
- External Entities
Internal Entities schedule of fees: FAU Faculty, Staff, and Student Users
| Paid Services |
Sponsored Research |
Internal |
External Entities |
| RAW Storage (no backups provided) |
$11.44/TB |
$13.33/TB |
$16/TB |
| Long-term Storage Unit w/ backups |
$27.03/TB |
$31.50/TB |
$37.80/TB |
| Replicated Storage Unit w/ backups and replication to another campus |
$54.07/TB |
$63/TB |
$75.60/TB |
| Queued Normalized Compute Unit |
$8.30 |
$9.67 |
$11.60 |
| Normalized GPU Unit |
$73.24 |
$85.33 |
$100.36 |
| Virtual Private Server Unit |
$12.05 |
$14.04 |
$168.50 |
| Consultation |
$100.02 (per hour) |
$114.19 (per hour) |
$137.03 (per hour) |
| Data Center Hosting Per U (minimum of 4U) |
13.73 |
$16 / U |
$192 |
| Electrical Circuit - 30 Amp |
$5.17 |
$6.03 |
$72.36 |
| Google Cloud Storage |
$30 / TB |
$34.26 |
$41.11 |
| Microsoft Cloud Storage |
$30 / TB |
$34.26 |
$41.11 |
Definitions:
Virtual Private Server Unit:
Includes access to one Virtual CPU, 4 GB of RAM, and a 128 GB HDD.
Queued Normalized Compute Unit:
Includes access to one Physical CPU core per unit.
Data Center Hosting:
Data center hosting is charged per U but a minimum of 4U must be purchased. Data center hosting includes...
1 x C13/14 power connections per U
750 watts of power @ 220V per U
For information on a consultation for our services, click here