CTSF's
technical staff members having long experience in high
performance computing are available for consultancy
to Technical Affiliates on terms as mentioned in this
booklet. In case of CTSF staff members traveling to
Affiliate's site for consultancy, the affiliate will
be charged for the traveling expenses incurred in addition
to TA/DA as applicable.
4.
Usage Charges
Only registered users can use the CTSF
resources. A registered user is referred to as an Affiliate.
The charges for the usage of different resources are
given below.
4.1
CPU Time Charges
CPU time consumed will be charged in CPU minutes, i.e.,
number of minutes of CPU used. The charges will be as
follows:
Re. 1.25 per CPU minute
Nodes can be allocated exclusively for an Affiliate
in dedicated mode (normally nodes are used in shared
mode by multiple users) on special request. In this
case, the CPU time charge for the affiliate will be
wall clock time in minutes for the duration of dedicated
booking multiplied by number of nodes dedicated to the
Affiliate multiplied by four (each node has 4 CPUs).
4.2
Login Time Charges
In addition to the CPU time consumed
by an Affiliate's job, there is a separate charge for
the duration for which an Affiliate remains logged in
to PARAM Padma. The charges will be as follows :
Rs. 250 per hour
The granularity of accounting the login time is one
hour and any time exceeding the previous one hour slot
will be accounted as the next one hour for charging
purpose. For calculating the total login charges, the
time will be accumulated over a month, and restart thereafter
with monthly billing.
4.3
Disk Usage Charges
Each Affiliate will be given 2 GB of
hard disk space free of charge along with his/her account
as soon as he/she is registered. Additional disk space
in units of 100 MB can be allocated upon request (subject
to availability) and the charges for extra disk space
will be as follows:
Rs. 100 for 500 MB per week
4.4
Tape I/O Charges
Tape I/O facility is available on request
for backup/restoration of data. The charges for this are
as follows:
Rs. 250 per backup/restoration in single DAT/DLT media
and Rs. 500 in case of LTO. Cost of the media and transportation
will have to be borne by the Affiliate.
4.5
CD Burning Charges
The facility to burn CDs is available
on request for backup of data. The charges for this are
as follows :
Rs. 250 per CD (regular) burning and Rs. 3000 per DVD.
This includes the cost of media, which will be supplied
by C-DAC. CDs/DVDs brought by Affiliates will not be
accepted for burning.
4.6
Console Usage Charges
If an Affiliate decides to come to C-DAC
physically and work, he/she will be charged for the usage
of console and infrastructure facilities of C-DAC as follows:
Rs. 100 per hour/console
5 GB of disk space will be provided to the Affiliate
on the console machine for the duration of his/her working
session. The granularity of accounting the console usage
time is one hour and any time exceeding the previous
one hour slot will be accounted as the next one hour
for charging purpose.
4.7
Printing Charges
An Affiliate working within C-DAC premises can obtain
a limited number of printouts (less than 100 pages)
on C-DAC's laser printer at the following charges:
Rs. 5.00 per page single sided
Rs. 10.00 per page double sided
For printing requirements of more than 100 pages, an
Affiliate must inform the SAG members at least 24 hours
in advance. Printing charges will remain the same as
above even for larger number of pages.
4.8
Providing a Secure Login via the Internet
In order to establish connectivity to the CTSF over
the Internet, the Affiliate shall have to provide a
Linux based host at their end. This Linux based host
shall be configured as routers with an IP firewall,
so as to provide effective security between the public
and private networks. The Affiliate shall have to dedicate
a public IP address to this host from their allocated
pool of public IP addresses.
A secure login shell shall be provided to the Affiliate
on the Linux based bastion host/gateway at C-DAC for
the means of transferring data as well as for providing
login access to the PARAM Padma.
CTSF's
technical staff members having long experience in high
performance computing are available for consultancy
to Technical Affiliates on terms as mentioned in this
booklet. In case of CTSF staff members traveling to
Affiliate's site for consultancy, the affiliate will
be charged for the traveling expenses incurred in addition
to TA/DA as applicable.
