The Banner CFOP is the account number CITES will use to charge the fees for this server. A CFOP normally takes the form 1-123456-123456-123456.

CITES-hosted VMware comes in three types of server bundles:

1. Small VM: 1 CPU - 1 GB RAM - 50 GB Tier-2 Disk ($254.00)
2. Medium VM: 2 CPUs - 4 GB RAM - 50 GB Tier-2 Disk ($546.00)
3. Large VM: 4 CPUs - 10 GB RAM - 100 GB Tier-2 Disk ($1206.00)

You can choose your bundle type and request additional storage space & RAM below.

Production server definition

A production server will be hosted on physical systems that provide multiple redundant network paths. A production server has a high priority level for restoration if an outage occurs.

Development / test server definition

A development or test server will be hosted on physical systems with a single network connection. Development and test servers are of lower priority for restoration if a system outage occurs, and may be shut down to lower the load on the UPS if a data center power issue occurs.

For more information about the different firewall service groups, see Firewall Service Plan Details.

Each additional CPU costs $121.00 per year.

The base virtual server price assumes low virtual CPU utilization -- 10-20% of a physical core.  If an application requires the reservation of an additional virtual CPU to function properly, it is probably using the entirety of a core (or about 8-10 times the standard allotment). Therefore, we charge for the 100% use of that core.

Each additional gigabyte of RAM costs $121.00 per year. This price includes hardware, software, personnel, power, and cooling costs.  All prices were calculated by dividing the total cost by the estimated capacity of the hardware.

Each additional 1 GB costs $1.52 per year. This price includes hardware, software, personnel, power, and cooling costs.  All prices were calculated by dividing the total cost by the estimated capacity of the hardware.

To estimate how much it will cost to back up your particular server: Multiply the gigabytes of data you want to back up by the number of backups you wish to retain (up to 3). Enter that number into the Backup Cost Estimator.

Backing up servers with frequent or large file changes will cost more than servers with infrequent or small file changes. For an outer-boundary estimate, if you used all the space on a small 50 GB virtual server, changed every file every day, and kept 3 sets of backups, it would cost less than $60 a year for backup service.

If your unit or department already has an OU (organizational unit) in the campus Active Directory, you can create an AD group within your OU.

If not, contact the VMware service team at cites-vmware@illinois.edu to arrange for the creation of a group within the VMware service's OU.

Primary Contact. The Primary Contact has operational (day-to-day) responsibility for the server. There can be more than one Primary Contact.

If you want to designate more than one Primary Contact, add the extra Primary Contacts' NetIDs in the 'Other Contacts' text box with a note -- for example, "somenetid: primary contact."

Backup Contact. Backup Contacts are people who should be contacted if no Primary Contact is available. Backup Contacts might have a smaller set of authorizations than the Primary Contacts. However, in a situation where the Primary Contacts are known to be unavailable, CITES may grant a Backup Contact equivalent authorizations.

Administrative Contact. This person represents the unit that "owns" the model. For a network the Administrative Contact would typically be the department head or business manager. Another way to identify the right person to be administrative contact is to ask who has supervisory responsibility for the Primary Contact.

Other Contact. This type of contact is used for all contacts that aren't one of the above specific categories. In a network model, for example, various people may be granted authorization to make DNS requests or perform ISS (Internet Security Scanner) scans. But Other Contacts do not have reponsibility for the model and would not typically be contacted about problems related to it.