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Access, Charges & Quota

To make use of CCB cluster, you will need a project with:

  • Funded user accounts: to give users access to CCB
  • Access group: to give funded users access to your project
  • Storage space

You can start projects as an owner or join existing projects.  Project owners and the registered delegates can make changes on our CCB Portal.

SERVICE CHARGE

In the fiscal year starting 1 Aug 2026 and ending 31 Jul 2027:

  • Funded user account: £550 per head per year
  • Storage space: £105 per TB per year
  • Computing: complimentary subject to fair use
  • WIMM Keep: as a separate service

Owners and billing delegates can acquire and pay for the resource till the end of the prevalent accounting periods.  When a new accounting period starts, the owners and billing delegates receive instructions to submit new purchase orders to cover the new cost:

  • 1 Aug 2026 to 31 Mar 2027 (8 months)
  • 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Jul 2027 (4 months)
  • 1 Aug 2027 to 31 Mar 2028 (8 months)
  • 1 Apr 2028 to 31 Jul 2028 (4 months)

Please use the quotation tool for cost estimation especially for pro-rata calculations.

Funded User Accounts

You will assign the funded user accounts to some end users so that they can access the CCB infrastructure and the authorised projects thereon.  Each end user can be funded by up to one project.

A funded user account, as a paid subscription, runs for at least three calendar months, or until the end of the accounting period, whichever sooner.  Conversely, the subscription cannot run beyond the end of the accounting period.  The subscription renews when a new accounting period starts.

During its validity, the subscription can be reassigned to another end user when needed.

Access Group

You will add funded users to the access group of the project so they can work on it.  You most likely need to add your funded users to access group.  You can also funded users from other projects.

Adding users to an access group is free given that they are already assigned funded user accounts.  Users may belong to multiple access groups at the same time.

Storage Space

You will add storage space to a project so your access group members can store data.

The storage space subscription is billed according to the requested storage quota.  The minimum quantity is 1 terabytes (TB) and the unit of increments is also 1 TB.  The end date of the subscription is aligned with the accounting period.  The data would be retained if the service charge is paid and renewed on time.

During its validity, the project storage space can be moved to project when needed.

A complimentary home storage is given when an end user is assigned a funded user account.  It is for storing procedural scripts, has a predefined size of 10 gigabytes (GB), and cannot be increased.  The data would be retained for at least 3 months after the last day of a funded account assignment.

Setting up a project

To create a project, write to us at help@imm.ox.ac.uk with:

  • Project name: composed of lowercase letters, digits, and non-leading underscores
  • Project description: optional

As the sole owner of the project, over the portal or email, you can delegate management roles:

  • Billing: view invoices and submit purchase orders
  • Data: manage data quota of the project
  • Access: manage user accounts of the project

The nominated people will be able to make changes on the CCB portal.

Raising a requisition

You can raise a requisition for user accounts on R12 iProcurement.  You can have the user accounts and storage space in one purchase order:

  • Under “Shop”, select “Non-catalogue request”
  • Select “Services. I can provide description, rate, and quantity”
  • Item description for accounts: “CCB user accounts for [project name] from [start] to [end date]”
  • Item description for storage: “CCB storage space in TB for [project name] from [start] to [end date]”
  • Quantity: [number of users] or [amount of space in TB]
  • Unit of measure: “each”
  • Rate per Unit: [refer to portal quotation]
  • Category: 401.4011
  • Supplier: Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine

When the purchase order number is ready, the owner or the billing delegate of a project shall fill in the "Add More Storage" and "Add More Accounts" forms on the "Resources" pane of the project. Otherwise, the purchase order will be left open without action.

 

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