Hosting services provide a secure, environmentally controlled data center space with redundant power and network feeds. This allows researchers to not have to house computer equipment such servers and storage within their lab spaces. Professional IT staff can provide a variety of services to support these systems if needed.
Data Center Hosted Systems
Eligibility information is outlined below based on providers with offerings that are available to the entire Harvard community or a specific unit/appointment.
University-wide
Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Research Computing
Fully Managed
Location: Markley-Boston
Installed and Administered By: FASRC Operations & Systems Engineering Team
Features: Fully redundant power, cooling, and network feeds. Fully managed system administration
Location: Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC)
Installed and Administered By: FASRC Operations & Systems Engineering Team
Features: Redundant power on storage racks, cooling, and network feeds. Fully managed system administration
Audience
Available to all PIs with an active FASRC account
Service Provider
FASRC
Service Fee
- Fully Managed - Markley, Boston: Operating Cost is roughly $28k per rack per year depending on power needs. See Billing FAQ for more details.
- Fully Managed - MGHPCC: Operating Cost is roughly $7k per rack per year depending on power needs. See Billing FAQ for more details.
Service Website
https://www.rc.fas.harvard.edu/services/data-center-hosted-systems/
Contact Information
Unit/Appointment-specific
Harvard Medical School
At HMS RC, availability and uptime is provided as best effort with staff that do not have rotating 24/7/365 shifts. HMS RC will work with PIs to obtain quotes from our preferred vendors for computing hardware to meet specific needs beyond the standard cluster and virtual machine offerings. No other types of equipment will be accepted. Typical time from purchase to installation is 6-8 weeks based upon product availability. All equipment will be maintained while under hardware warranty and until the end of the useful life, typically 5 years. After 5 years the rate of hardware failure dramatically increases, as well it becomes difficult to source parts from vendors. At the end of useful life, HMS IT, will work with PI to decommission the server.
Fully Managed
Location: Markley-Boston
Installed and Administered By: HMS IT Operations & DevOps Team
Features: Fully redundant power, cooling, and network feeds. Fully managed system administration
Self-Managed
Location: Markley-Boston
Installed By: HMS IT Operations & DevOps Team
Administered By: Lab-based System Administrators
Features: Fully redundant power, cooling, and network feeds. Fully managed system administration
Audience
HMS Quad-based Departments, Labs and Cores.
Service Provider
HMS
Service Fee
TBD
Contact Information
Contact Neil Coplan at rchelp@hms.harvard.edu