Buying HPC storage on the Hoffman2 cluster

HPC storage is high performance, reliable, enterprise-class storage connected to the Hoffman2 cluster research network. Your Hoffman2 jobs may use this storage for fast, direct access to your computational data. This storage can only be accessed directly from the Hoffman2 cluster. You can transfer data from HPC storage to non-cluster machines with the cluster DTN nodes and Globus Online or scp.

You may buy HPC storage in increments of 1TB per year.

Effective July 1, 2021, the cost for HPC storage is $146.00/TB/year (charged at a daily rate of $.40/TB for prorating purposes) for project storage with free backups provided. Please refer to https://idre.ucla.edu/service-pricing-ordering-information for full information.

You may use the storage purchasing page at https://store.idre.ucla.edu to make your storage purchase or calculate pricing.
If you wish to purchase or renew storage, please go to https://store.idre.ucla.edu. For node purchases or for problems making a storage purchase, please create a new support ticket here.