Running parallel programs on CSC's computers costs billing units, i.e. the computation quota admitted by CSC to each project, of the following amount for a single CPU hour:
- on Louhi 1.0 billing units
- on Vuori 1.0 billing units
- on Murska 1.0 billing units
- on Hippu 1.0 billing units
The amount of used billing units is calculated by multiplying the number of processors, the execution time in hours and the cost of a single CPU hour in billing units.
CSC admits for all new projects a small amount of computation quota for measuring the performance of the parallel program. Quota for production runs applied by the project will be admitted when the performance of the program meets the requirements.
When the computation quota is almost used off, the project needs to apply more quota. That is applied for the programs given in the application form for each project. New programs taken in use in the project need to be given in the application form and the performance tests need to be done.
It is possible to control the quota used by each program by applying a separate project number for each program.
Read more about application of more computation quota.
Read how to control the quota usage of different projects.
Read about monitoring CPU time usage with the saldo command.
