1.
Number of processing cores
cores
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2.
Disκ Storage in TB
TB
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3.
Tape Storage in TB
TB
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4
Months of logical CPU wall clock time
months
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For more information on Wall clock time please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_clock_time
Define utilization rate of your computing infrastructure
%
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This ratio is calculated by dividing the used core hours during 2011 with the available core hours during the year (cores x365 x24)
5.
Acquisition cost per logical CPU in € either as average value or as range
€
or
From:
€
To:
€
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You can answer this question either as an average value or as a range.
Please do not include any hardware support contract costs or software costs in the values. Use approximations on the basis of most recent procurements of budget data
Please do not include any hardware support contract costs or software costs in the values. Use approximations on the basis of most recent procurements of budget data
6.
Acquisition cost per TB in disk storage in € either as average value or as range
€
or
From:
€
To:
€
Please enter a valid number
7.
Acquisition cost per TB in tape storage in € either as average value or as range
€
or
From:
€
To:
€
Please enter a valid number
8.
Average useful life of CPUs
years
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9.
Average useful life of disk storage
years
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10.
Average useful life of tape storage
years
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11.
Interconnect equipment costs as percentage of hardware acquisition costs either as % value or as range
%
or
From:
%
To:
%
Please enter a valid number
Please present an overall estimation of the related interconnect equipment costs (network devices, cables, racks etc.) as a percentage (or range of percentages) of the hardware acquisition cost.
Use approximations on the basis of most recent procurements of budget data.
In case interconnect equipment costs are not a separate line item and they have already included in the procurement costs please set 0 (zero)
Use approximations on the basis of most recent procurements of budget data.
In case interconnect equipment costs are not a separate line item and they have already included in the procurement costs please set 0 (zero)
12.
Support contract costs as percentage of hardware acquisition costs either as % value or as range
%
or
From:
%
To:
%
Please enter a valid number
Please present an overall estimation of the support contract costs (e.g. next-business-day hardware support costs etc.) as a percentage (or range of percentages) of the hardware (computing and storage) acquisition cost.
Use approximations on the basis of most recent procurements of budget data.
Use approximations on the basis of most recent procurements of budget data.
13.
Auxiliary equipment cost compared to the total computing investment either as % value or as range
%
or
From:
%
To:
%
Please enter a valid number
Please indicate what would be the investment cost of all auxiliary equipment cost (i.e. UPS, air-cooling, liquid cooling, power generators, power transformers, fire detection, etc) available at the site as percentage of the cost of computing and storage infrastructure available.
14
Software costs as percentage of hardware acquisition costs either as % value or as range
%
or
From:
%
To:
%
Please enter a valid number
Please make an estimation of the total cost of the related software (e.g. operating system, fabric layer / file system software (e.g. LSF, GPFS), software support contract costs, applications cost, 3rd party software cost, compilers, etc.) as a percentage of hardware (computing and storage) acquisition cost.
Software costs
€
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15.
Number or FTEs
FTEs
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Please indicate the number of FTEs in the centre “necessary” for running the systems (i.e. Administrators, Operators, Middleware developers, Application developers, Trainers, Dissemination persons, Policy makers, Managers)
16.
Average salary per FTE in €
€/FTE
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The average salary corresponds to the gross salary plus employee benefits, employer social security contributions and bonuses
17.
Hosting space in m2
m2
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Please indicate the space in m2 used by the HPC or HTC center
18.
Total yearly electricity consumption for hosting in Mwh
Mwh
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Please indicate the yearly consumption of energy in MWh for hosting. Hosting includes servers, storage, networking, cooling, lighting, UPS systems, etc.
19.
Total yearly electricity consumption for IT in Mwh
Mwh
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Please indicate the yearly consumption of energy in MWh on for IT. IT includes only servers, storage and networking.
Therefore this amount is part of the energy consumption indicated in Q18
Therefore this amount is part of the energy consumption indicated in Q18
20.
Connectivity costs in €
€
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If you do not pay for connectivity please put 0 (zero)
21.
Other costs in €
€
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Please indicate any other costs that are related to the NGI site/ HPC Centre that have not be covered by the previous questions (e.g. Personnel training costs, training certifications, Travelling expenses – Participation to conferences costs, fees paid to the university/institute for hosting the site/centre, Insurance fees, Interest expenses on loans)
22.
m2 yearly cost
€/m2 (Indicative value 100€/m2)
Please enter a valid number
23.
Cost per kwh (€/kwh)
€/kwh (Indicative value 0.10€/kwh)
Please enter a valid number