Service Rates

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 Contact for rates
CASL Consulting Hour $99 Contact for rates
Engineering Contract Hour $110 Contact for rates
Engineering Consulting Hour $145 Contact for rates
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.
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 lectern)
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
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
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 (HPWREN)

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

Desktop Support

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
Desktop and Laptop Consulting

Application installation, configuration, troubleshooting

Hour $80 N/A
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
Server Administration Consulting

Application installation, configuration, troubleshooting

Hour $96 $139.20
Recharge rates are subject to change with approval from the UC San Diego Recharge Rate Committee.
Service Unit UC Rate Non-UC Rate

Cloud Storage

Minimum allocation 1 TB. Billed monthly storage use is averaged by monitoring space used hourly.

TB/Month $32.16 $46.632

Cloud Compute

SU's represent resource usage per hour.

SU $0.08 $0.116
Cloud Compute On-Demand hour $0.0314/vCPU
$0.0007/GB of RAM
Contact Services for rate information.
Volume and Volume Snapshot GB/hour $0.000063 $0.00009135
Image GB/hour $0.000063 $0.00009135
Custom Server Maintenance and Consultation Support Hour $98.93 $143.55
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
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
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
Spatial Data Consultant 1 Hour $130.87 Contact us for rates.
Spatial Data Consultant 2 Hour $156.30 Contact us for rates.
Spatial Data Consultant Assistant Hour $34.61 Contact us for rates.

Storage

Backups Storage (CommVault)

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
Backup User Data

User system data that needs to be backed up

TB/Month $91.67 $132.9215
Backup Retained Data

Compressed backup data saved on SDSC storage

TB/Month $35.17 $50.9965

Cloud Storage

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

Cloud Storage

Minimum allocation 1 TB. Billed monthly storage use is averaged by monitoring space used hourly.

TB/Month $32.16 $46.632

Project Storage (NFS)

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

Project Storage - Condo

Dedicated storage unit. Provides between ~120 TB to ~260 TB of usable space.

Unit/Month $782.08 $1,134.016

Project Storage - Hotel

NFS or CIFS/SMB share on a multi-tenant system. 1 TB minimum; 1 TB increments.

TB/Month $45.75 $66.3375
Custom Server Maintenance and Consultation Support Hour $98.93 $143.55

Universal Scale Storage (SDSC Qumulo)

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

Universal Scale Storage

NFS or CIFS/SMB share on a multi-tenant high-performance storage cluster. Can also access via S3 interface. 200 TB minimum for UC customers; 66 TB minimum for non-UC customers.

TB/Month $5.83 $17.49

Triton Shared Computing Cluster (TSCC)

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
*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.
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
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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