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e-‐FISCAL: www.efiscal.eu EC Contract Number: 283449 median value of acquisition cost for CPUs for all HPC centres, the average and median depreciation rates of all HTC centres, etc.). Therefore, we split the total e-‐FISCAL sample in HPC and HTC subsamples. It has to be noted that the classification of centres into HPC and HTC is based on assessments by respondents. Some centres are classified as both HPC and HTC. Again, the logical CPU unit of analysis permits the presentation of results in a way that is easy to understand and follow and constitutes a benchmark that could be used for high-‐level comparisons. The results are as follows: Amounts in € e-‐FISCAL HPC average e-‐FISCAL HPC median Total yearly CAPEX/core 84 58 Total yearly OPEX/core 217 124 Total yearly cost/core 301 182 Utilisation rate 66% 75% Cost per core hour 0,0520 0,0277 CAPEX as % of total costs 28% 32% OPEX as % of total costs 72% 68% FTEs/1,000 cores 2,90 1,59 Table 4: Cost information for Basic Case Split – HPC centres Amounts in € e-‐FISCAL HTC average e-‐FISCAL HTC median Total yearly CAPEX/core 85 59 Total yearly OPEX/core 325 169 Total yearly cost/core 411 229 Utilisation rate 59% 74% Cost per core hour 0,0795 0,0353 CAPEX as % of total costs 21% 26% OPEX as % of total costs 79% 74% FTEs/1,000 cores 5,86 3,69 Table 5: Cost information for Basic Case Split – HTC centres Graphical representation of cost breakdown is found in Appendix 7.3. Option 3: Case-‐by-‐case analysis: Finally, we run the e-‐FISCAL costing model on a respondent by respondent basis (we call this case–by–case analysis). Therefore, we used as inputs the data submitted by each respondent for every cost category. In case of missing cost information we proceeded in replacing the missing information with the average value of the input parameter corresponding to the e-‐FISCAL total sample. This analysis is also used as a cross check to the robustness to the “basic case” presented above. We present median values as, as they are not influenced by outliers, they provide more representative indications of the “usual” case. The results are as follows: Amounts in € e-FISCAL Case by case all - Median e-FISCAL case by case HPC - Median e-FISCAL case by case HTC Median Cost per core/year 358.74 258.45 390.81 Cost per core hour 0.058 0.039 0.066 Table 6: Cost information for Case by Case Analysis/ all centres- HPCs - HTCs e-‐FISCAL : Financial Study for Sustainable Computing e-‐Infrastructures Deliverable D2.3 – Computing e-‐Infrastructures cost estimation and analysis – Pricing and Business models 46
e-‐FISCAL: www.efiscal.eu EC Contract Number: 283449 The analysis above permits the identification of ranges within the different cost parameters seem to lie. In all cases, the median cost per core hour and the median cost per core calculated on the basis of case–by-‐case analysis lies within the boundaries identified by the corresponding basic case. The case-‐by-‐case analysis also permits the exclusion of some interesting analyses that relates: a) to the cost per core hour on the basis of the site size, b) the number of FTEs/1,000 cores on the basis of the site size and c) the cost breakdown per site size. The graphs below do not intend to be precise, but to provide an overview of cost aspects relating to size. The presentation that follows also serves the preservation of the anonymity of the sites contributing to e-‐FISCAL survey. 30 25 20 15 10 5 FTEs/1,000 cores 0 up to 1,000 cores between 1,000 to 2,000 cores between 2,000 to 5,000 cores between 5,000 to 10,000 cores more than 10,000 cores FTEs/1,000 cores Graph 2: Number of FTEs per 1,000 cores From Graph 2, it is evident that the ratio of FTEs/1,000 CPUs is better for the larger sites compared to the smaller ones. The same conclusion is derived by using the spearman correlation. The correlation between number of cores and FTEs/1,000 cores has a statistically significant relation of -‐0.4111 at 5% statistical significance level. The person correlation reveals again statistically significant relation of -‐0.3354 albeit at 10% statistical significance level. The larger the site the lower the number of FTEs/1,000 cores. e-‐FISCAL : Financial Study for Sustainable Computing e-‐Infrastructures Deliverable D2.3 – Computing e-‐Infrastructures cost estimation and analysis – Pricing and Business models 47
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