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Systems Engineering - Pricing

Price Changes for Fiscal Year 2023-2024

As the upcoming fiscal year approaches, please note the following price changes that will go into affect July 1, 2023: 

  • Physical Server: $229/month
  • Consulting: $133 
  • After hours Consulting: $266
  • New Virtual Machine Management Subscription (includes OS management, subscription to UNIX channels and software): $30/month

System and Cloud Administration

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CU Boulder Private Cloud

Base Virtual Server$115 / month
Add 24x7 Incident Support to your server$20 / monthThis option increases the 7:00 am - 6:00 pm support to 24x7 support.
VM CPU$85 per CPU / month 
VM Memory$5 per GB / month 
VM Storage$0.20 per GB / monthVM Storage includes backups.

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Public Cloud

Public Cloud System Administration$50 / month
Add 24x7 Incident Support to your server$20 / monthThis option increases the 7:00 am - 6:00 pm support to 24x7 support.

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Physical Servers

Base Physical Server$275 / month
  • Windows or Linux System Administration support on customer owned hardware.
  • A valid vendor support contract is required, and the server is required to be hosted in one of OIT's datacenters.
  • Incident Support during business hours (7:00 am - 6:00 pm, Monday - Friday) is included.
  • Up to 4 hours of system build time is included with each new server build. After initial 4 hours the consulting rate will apply (estimates provided).
  • A consulting rate will apply for any additional services not included in Linux/Windows System Administration (estimates provided)
  • Backup Service available for $0.10 / GB / month
Add 24x7 Incident Support to your server$20 / month

This option increases the 7:00 am - 6:00 pm support to 24x7 support.

Requirements for 24x7 support of physical hardware (not VM) systems include:

  • Located in an OIT managed data center
  • Under a hardware support contract (warranty)
  • A RAC (remote access card) of some kind must be available with credentials known to SE to gain console and power control remotely

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Consulting

Consulting services$130 / hourConsulting during regular hours (7:00 am to 6:00 pm, M-F) for work to be scheduled within our normal workload, billed in 30 minute increments.
After hours Consulting$260 / hourConsulting and support after hours (6:00 pm - 7:00 am, M-F, all hours on weekends) or work that requires expediting (emergency work), billed in 60 minute increments.

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Redirect Hosting

Redirect Hosting$10 / month for each redirectpath to path redirects for any internal or external destination URL. Email trouble@colorado.edu for more information or to request a redirect.