Next-Generation Supercomputer(2025) Terms of Use

Terms of Use

• Research Organization of Information and Systems Usage Regulations of the NIG Supercomputer (Amendment Proposal)　(Amended on April 5, 2022)
• Research Organization of Information and Systems Usage Regulations of the NIG Suppercomputer Appendix Tables 1-3 (Provisional Version)　(Amended on August 1, 2023)

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Price list(Provisional Version) (Revised on 2025)

Terms of Use for Supercomputer Systems of the National Institute of Genetics, the Research Organization of Information and Systems

Appendix 1（Pertaining to Article 12）

Price for the Use for the general analysis division and large-scale(excluding tax)

Price for the Use of large-scale for the General Analysis Division and Personal Genome Analysis Division (excluding tax)

high-speed storage		Annual charge per 10TB 40,000 JPY However, the general analysis division will be free up to 30TB. General analysis division example: 0TB < Usage Capacity ≦ 30TB: 0 JPY 30TB < Usage Capacity ≦ 40TB: 160,000JPY 40TB < Usage Capacity ≦ 30TB: 200,000JPY Personal genome analysis division example: 0TB < Usage Capacity ≦ 10TB: 40,000 JPY 10TB < Usage Capacity ≦ 20TB: 80,000 JPY 20TB < Usage Capacity ≦ 30TB: 120,000 JPY 30TB < Usage Capacity ≦ 40TB: 160,000 JPY 40TB < Usage Capacity ≦ 50TB: 200,000 JP
DDBJ Group Cloud (※)	Basic Bill	per project Annual amount	3,500,000 JPY
	high-speed storage	per 10TB a year	40,000 JPY
	The Request and Response Development	one man-month	1,500,000 JPY
	The Request and Response Work	one man-month	300,000 JPY
	Supports data transportation with high capacity disks up to 100TB	Per transaction	40,000 JPY (postage excluded)

The billing amount is prorated based on the number of days used.

(※) A service that uploads data to the cloud and shares it among researchers who are permitted to access the data. Includes initial installation costs, security monitoring, and personnel costs for operation. If additional development is required, such as support for different data structures, a separate development fee is required in addition to the basic fee. Prices may change from the next fiscal year onward due to changes in circumstances.

Appendix 2（Pertaining to Article 12）

Price for Priority Use and Reservation of Compute Nodes of the General Analysis Division and Personal Genome Analysis Division (excluding tax)

HPC CPU Optimized Node (Type 1)	1 CPU core, 8GB memory per unit, 30 days per unit	500 JPY
HPC CPU Optimized Node (Type 2)	1 CPU core, 4GB memory per unit, 30 days per unit	500 JPY
Memory Optimisation Node (Type 1)	32 CPU Cores, 1TB Memory per unit, 30 days per unit	50,000 JPY
Memory Optimisation Node (Type 2)	64 CPU Cores, 1TB Memory per unit, 30 days per unit	40,000 JPY
Accelerator-Optimized Node (Type 1)	14 CPU Cores, 1 GPU, 250GB Memory per unit, 30 days per unit	180,000 JPY
Accelerator-Optimized Node (Type 2)	16 CPU Cores, 1 GPU, 192GB Memory per unit, 3 days per unit	56,250 JPY
Accelerator-Optimized Node (Type 3)	1 unit per 30 days	270,000 JPY

The billing amount is prorated based on the number of days used.

Priority use service is a service that reserves execution using the advanced reservation function of the grid engine.

Reservation service allows users to exclusively occupy a designated area, either the entire machine or a virtual machine, for a specified period.