The university provides researchers with a secure and powerful environment for their work. To demonstrate this commitment, UMB is offering the use of the Standard SRE free of charge. Researchers can leverage the power and flexibility of the cloud while maintaining data compliance, all at no cost. Whether used daily, weekly, or monthly, the price is ZERO.
If your research project does not fit the Standard SRE, a custom research environment can be crafted to meet your needs. Due to the nature of the cloud, any custom-compute scenario will use a consumption-based, or pay-as-you-go pricing model.
Example Custom-Compute Scenarios and Associated Compute Costs
Note: These estimates do not include storage costs.
| Classification | Example Use-case | Size | Details | Cost /hour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Workstation | Desktop replacement | D4s_v5 | vCPU: 4 RAM: 16GB |
$0.17 |
| GPU Accelerated Workstation | AI training | NC6 | vCPU: 6 Processor: Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 (Haswell) RAM: 56GB Temp Storage: 340GB GPU: Nvidia Tesla K80 GPU (24GB) |
$0.81 |
| High Performance Compute Workstation | Genomic analysis | HBv4 | Cores: 176 Processor: AMD EPYC 9V33X (Genoa-X) RAM: 768GB Temp Storage: 3600GB |
$6.48 |
Please note: UMB's offering of the SRE does not include any costs associated with licensed software. It is the responsibility of the researcher, or research sponsor, to acquire and fund any necessary software licensing for the project.