Module 9 – Cost Management Sample Clauses

Module 9 – Cost Management. The Cost Management module will provide the following features: • Resources provider business model: o will allow an HPC Centre to declare and manage the resources they want to publish within the HEROES platform and at what price o will fetch (through APIs) the current prices associated with CSP services to compute costs of using cloud resources • Application / Workflow provider business model: will allow an application / workflow provider to declare and manage the costs and the licenses associated with their use. • Budget management: each organization will be able to define budgets. The module will keep track of the actual consumption and make sure budgets are not exceeded. • Billing & Credits: o The actual billing will not be made by the HEROES platform, but the interface will allow to see consolidated costs consumption per organization and projects. o Payment policies have not been defined yet, but two main options exist: pay per use or payment in advance / credits. Payment will not be directly handled by the HEROES platform, but if credits / prepayment exists, then they will be considered when tracking costs and managing budgets. The module will provide multiple business models that will be defined by “WP5 – Dissemination / Business Model” document, such as “Ax+B”: Fixed price (B) whenever a resource is used, plus a fee that depends upon the consumption (e.g., number of core-hours, number of nodes, storage…). The module will adapt to comply with the requirements of WP5.