AgriLife Research Managed Technology Service Center (ARMTSC)
About ARC
We would love to find the best solution to your research technology needs!
AgriLife Research Cloud (ARC) Service Center offers AgriLife researchers proactive IT management of services necessary to utilize computational and computing technology in all areas of research.
ARC offers advanced systems with the computational performance necessary to handle a wide range of workloads, and a variety of advanced scientific software applications and tools.
ARC’s expertise, consultation services, and technical and compliance activities are essential for facilitating the research mission of AgriLife.
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Our cost-recovery annual subscription could include the management of any combination of the following resources:
Hardware
Application
Training
Support
Service Sectors
Research Consulting
ARC can help you with pre-award research grant and proposal writing, to make sure your research technology needs are fully accounted for and budgeted. This includes any systems, data storage, software, applications, and any advanced IT management services or technology needs your program may require. The ARC Service Center is here to support your research program from start to end of your grant or research project.
Expertise & Training
We do not just help you obtain your devices or software, then leave you to learn how to use it on your own. We can offer you support and training with your technology. From novice users who may be unfamiliar with the command line environment of a Linux cluster, to advanced users who have compilation and optimization questions about custom-developed software, we serve a wide variety of individuals with diverse levels of research computing. We also offer management & support for computational research design and implementation, software implementation and lifecycle management, application porting and tuning, data visualization and analysis techniques, and recommendations for new computational technologies and methods, should you need them.
Technology
ARC deploys all major enterprise systems for your high-performance computing needs. We offer enterprise storage systems like our Dell EMC Isilon, on-demand cloud storage, and long-term archive storage with petabytes of storage capacity. We also offer numerous advanced, specialized, scientific software applications and libraries. If we do not have exactly what you need in our toolbox, we will work with external vendors and you to identify what platform best serves your needs.
Security & Compliance
Subscribers to ARC receive security & compliance management services, at no cost, to you and your active research projects. Some of these services include developing security best practices, resolving security issues, conducting investigations, and reporting. We work with TAMUS, its members, and other entities to minimize security risks and assure compliance with security policies and procedures for you. This allows you to focus on your core research activities, not your technology security & compliance
Services
Subscriptions
Server & Platform Management
- Renewal Period is per year
- Unit per 52 Hours
Price : $3900
Workstation Management
- Renewal Period is per year
- Unit per workstation per month
Price : Varies
Application Support & Software Development
- Renewal Period is per year
- Unit per 52 hours
Price : $3900
Using this model, each research program’s advanced technology needs are assessed based on the program’s daily needs.
For example, a research program that was assessed for advanced system administration identified a three-hour weekly need that would be charged three hours x $3900 = $11700/year. The advanced system administration hours would be tracked through support services and audited for equity yearly.
You can use the tool found here to determine what ARC subscriptions you need for your research.
Data Subscription Options
Agrilife OneDrive
Cost : FREE (up to 5 TB)
Agrilife Sharepoint
Cost : FREE (up to 20 TB)
ARC Computing & Storage Services
Cost : $400 (per TB per year)
ARC- Azure
Hot Storage Cost : $200 (per TB per year)
Cold Storage Cost : $100 (per TB per year)
Note that Basic Support Services are provided at no cost. These services are included in the F&A (IDC) agreement as supported by indirect costs.
Advanced Management Services are provided upon request according to the rate structure shown above. These services are not included in the F&A (IDC) agreement and are considered direct costs in support of research programs.
For special option details, please contact ARC for more information.
Let’s work together !
If you would like to learn more about AgriLife Research Cloud or ARC Service Center, you are interested in a free assessment or would like to partner with us, please get in touch with us using the methods below:
We would love to partner with you to find the best solution to your research technology needs!