What services have a cost?
Research Computing offers computing and storage services at no cost. However, additional services, such as priority queueing and additional leased storage, come at a cost. See our Pricing guide for details. To request these services, PIs must link an FDM to their project within the resource portal.
Setting up payment details
Once you have created a project, you will have the option to link an FDM and use it within the project using the Payment Details button.
In the window, you should see an FDM already included called No Charge RC FDM. This is used for no-cost services only, such as a PI's first 10TB of Research Standard Storage.
To add a new FDM, click the green Add Payment button.
Provide your full FDM string in the fillable fields, and click Add. Our tool uses an automated FDM validator. You will receive an error if you are missing required fields or if the FDM is not valid.
Note: A common mistake is not including the underscore in the Company ID. It's UVA_207, not UVA207.
After adding the FDM, click Save on the next screen to save the FDM to your project, and start using it for any of our paid services.
Adding Additional FDMs
Research Computing projects are not limited to using just one FDM. If you have multiple funding sources and would like to request services using different FDMs, or split a service across multiple FDMs, both are possible in the portal.
To add another FDM, follow the above guide again. When requesting a paid service, you will have a choice of which FDM to use. To split a resource request between two, request half of the resource on one FDM, and half to the other.