New Amarel ownership terms make high-performance computing resources more accessible

Amarel users can now choose three-year node ownership terms that balance market costs and the ability to own state-of-the-art supercomputing hardware that is immediately available.

What are the benefits of three-year node ownership?
The new ownership terms allow researchers to take advantage of the resource improvements from Amarel’s 2025 upgrade at a prorated cost and timeline compared to full, four-year node ownership terms.

Under the three-year agreements:

• Researchers can purchase Clark nodes for three-year periods beginning October 1, 2026. Term end dates are determined by allocation/start dates.
• Clark CPU nodes will be available at a prorated cost of $8,576.25 per node while Clark GPU nodes will be available for $23,066.25.

What are the benefits of using Amarel resources?
Amarel’s latest hardware upgrade, named Clark, significantly increased supercomputing resources, doubling a standard node’s computing power from 256GB per node to 512GB per node. Additionally, a limited number of NVIDIA 3x L40S GPU nodes became available.

While the Rutgers research community has general access to Amarel resources free of charge, node owners also receive:

• One TB of complementary storage space per node purchased.
• Amarel owners adding additional storage space can do so at a cost of $122.88 per TB per year.

Learn more about the benefits of ownership and the Amarel pricing structure.

Get started
To get started on Amarel, sign up for free account access. To purchase nodes or for additional information, please email business@oarc.rutgers.edu.