1. SSERCA Cluster Business Model SSERCA Summit Aug 3, 2015 SSERCA Clsuter1Aug 3, 2015

2. Definitions Provider: Institution that owns and operates a node Service: data storage and replication service to support inter-institutional collaborations between researchers – Not just “sharing data” SSERCA Clsuter2Aug 3, 2015

3. Business principles Partial cost recovery Initially subsidy required – From provider institutions – For researchers in these institutions – With State funding – All researchers in the State can be served Aug 3, 2015SSERCA Clsuter3

4. Cost model $100 per TB per year Charge researchers in advance: “buy disk” Providers track cross-institutional use Settle regularly (quarterly or yearly) Funds used to expand capacity to need Aug 3, 2015SSERCA Clsuter4

5. Operations Unified rules, interface, and training to users – Avoid confusion – Single service Weekly calls by system administrator team Manage local LDAP server – map local ID to global ID and back – WOS Access synchronization Track cross-institution storage use Aug 3, 2015SSERCA Clsuter5