What are the costs for using the DRE?
The costs for the DRE are comprised of three elements:
- Data storage, at approximately €0.06 per GB per month (only for storage on workspace Z:-drive/data)
- Virtual machines, at approximately €10 per machine per month (costs for 128 GB OS Disk attached to machine)
- Use costs of the virtual machine, exact costs depend on type of machine and usage (cost per hour is displayed when creating / resizing a machine)
This article provides a cost calculator that can give a gross estimate of the costs of your workspace.
For Radboudumc workspaces, costs up to €20 per month will not be billed to the provided cost center. This amount has been determined based on "basic usage" of the DRE in the past: approximately 100 GB of data stored on the Z:-drive, and one virtual machine of type B2s (2 CPU, 4 GB RAM) that is used approximately 10% of a full month (i.e., (24 hours * 30 days) * 0.10 = 72 hours). The amount that is covered centrally by Radboudumc is fixed, how you use it is up to you.
Please be informed that on-premises storage provided by Radboudumc is more expensive than data storage in the DRE (see also
Prijzen Gegevensopslag in the ICT Self-service portal), and that the compute facility of the DRE offers more flexibility than Radboudumc Werkplek in terms of the choice of software.
How can I manage the costs of my workspace?