Fornax User Resource Allotments and Costs

V.1.1 January 26, 2026

Upon your first login to the Fornax Science Console you will have:

1000 credits for spending on cloud resources (compute, storage, and egress); this is renewed yearly, at the beginning of the fiscal year (Oct. 1). If you need more credits before the renewal date, contact the Fornax Helpdesk.

A 200 GB ceiling to the private storage available in your Home Directory; if your work requires more, please contact the Fornax Helpdesk.

Access to additional, private S3 storage, mounted as “s3-storage” under your Home Directory, for a cheaper storage option (see table, below)

The Fornax Science Console Dashboard will help you keep track of what you have spent.

For more information, see: Fornax Resources and Best Practices in the Fornax docs

Typical usage costs, for reference:

• Running the small instance for 100 hours: 8.70 credits

• Running the large instance for 100 hours: 77 credits

• Running the XL instance for 100 hours: 759 credits

• Running the small instance 40 hours a week for a year: 181 credits

• Using 100 GB of storage in your home directory for a year: 108 credits

• Using 1 TB of storage in your home directory for a year: 1,080 credits

• Using 1 TB of private S3-storage for one year: 276 credits

• Egressing 20 GB of data: 1.80 credits

The table below shows the approximate costs of various compute, storage, and egress options.