Research Computing Services

All Florida Atlantic University faculty, researchers, employees, and students may request access to the research computing resources using the following complimentary resources.

Complimentary Services Per Month  Total
Storage  –  300 GB without backup
CPU compute hours Unlimited longq submissions 20,000 hours of shortq submissions  –


Internal Entities schedule of fees: FAU Faculty, Staff, and Student Users

Paid Services Per Hour Per Month Per Year
RAW Storage (no backups provided)  $13.33/TB $160/TB
Long-term Storage Unit w/ backups  $31.50/TB $378/TB
Replicated Storage Unit w/ backups and replication to another campus  $63/TB $756/TB
Queued Normalized Compute Unit $0.01 $9.67 $116
Normalized GPU Unit $0.12 $85.33 $1,024
Virtual Private Server Unit $0.02 $14.04 $168.50
Consultation $60

External Entities with an FAU relationship schedule of fees:

Paid Service Per Hour Per Month Per Year
RAW Storage (no backups provided) $16/TB $192/TB
Long-term Storage Unit w/ backups $37.80/TB $453.60/TB
Replicated Storage Unit w/ backups and replication to another campus $75.60/TB $907.20/TB
Normalized Compute Unit $0.02 $11.60 $139.20
Normalized GPU Unit $0.14 $102.40 $1,228.80
Virtual Private Server Unit $0.02 $16.85 $202.20
Consultation $72

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.