Shared access to HCC resources is available at no charge to NU researchers, subject to usage and data storage limitations. The pricing below refers to dedicated resources that may be reserved beyond what is available in the shared pool. For questions about shared vs. priority access, please contact hcc-support@unl.edu.
Annual Lease Pricing
| Resource | Subsidized Cost |
|---|---|
| Swan (56-core, 256GB) | $2,969 |
| CraneOPA (36-core, 256GB) | $1,809 |
| Crane GPU Basic (pre V100/P100) | $2,400 |
| Crane GPU Advanced (V100/P100 or better) | $3,600 |
| Attic (1 TB) | $28 |
| Anvil (compute) | $1,638 |
| Anvil (storage, 1TB) | $102 |
| Common (1TB) | $105 |
Last Updated: 03/13/2023
- In brief: NU Researchers may obtain reserved resources at HCC on a subsidized basis according to the rates above.
- Swan is HCC's newest and most powerful resource. Pricing information will be available in early July 2022.
- CraneOPA refers to more recently purchased machines in Crane connected by OmniPath Architecture (OPA).
- Crane GPUs are leased on a first-come, first-served basis. HCC cannot guarantee leasing availability of all types of GPU resources at all times.
- Crane refer to older machines connected by infiniband with Intel and AMD processors, respectively.
- Attic is designed for users who need long-term storage for large amount of data.
- Anvil is HCC's cloud machine; nodes and additional storage may be reserved.
- Common is HCC's storage platform that is common, or mounted, to Crane and Swan.
- Further questions may be sent to hcc-support@unl.edu.
Further details
HCC offers Priority Access on a cost-recovery basis to the HCC user community. Costs recovered include the purchase price plus a University approved $650/year administration fee per server. These resources are in-practice owned by particular research groups. For storage this is implemented as a quota; for computing resources we utilize partitions in the SLURM scheduler. Only specific groups are allowed to submit jobs to a Priority Access partition. When otherwise idle, the broader HCC user community may use Priority Access resources, but the jobs are preempted when the resources are needed by the resource owners.
As of January 2017, HCC offers substantially subsidized pricing on its Priority Access offerings by utilizing NRI funding. HCC subsidizes new purchases by 5% of the already negotiated competitive bid price. This subsidy program also covers the annual administration fee as well as networking and infrastructure costs for the warrantied lifetime of the resource. Annual lease prices are also available that are subsidized by various amounts. This program is available to all University of Nebraska faculty and staff, and applies to equipment managed by HCC and housed at one of its data centers.