Pricing & Configurations - VMware & Sys Admin

VM Server Hosting

If you have any questions or concerns with the below pricing, please email Eric Johnson (ej36@duke.edu).

The cost model for each production VM is as follows (All rates below are listed annually):

Base VM

  • Each VM will have a base rate of $10.23 per VM
  • Memory will have a rate of $14.32 per Gb

* Pricing Updated July 25, 2025

Storage & Backup

All VMs are backed up using OIT Backup service. Two backup options exist: Standard and Standard with Disaster Recovery / DR. 

Storage pricing for each type is as follows (all in $/Gb/Yr)

  Platinum  Silver  Bronze 
Storage + VM/File Based Backup$.58$0.31$0.21
Storage + VM/File Based Backup with DR
$.62$0.35$0.25

*Storage Pricing Updated July 25, 2025


System Administration

In addition to the Standard VMware Administration, the following OS System Administration levels are offered:

Central System Administration Level
Self AdministrationNo additional charge
8/5 Standard OIT-SI OS System Administration $170/year
24/7 Standard OIT-SI OS System Administration $340/year
8/5 Webhosting OIT-SI System Administration $412/year
24/7 Webhosting OIT-SI System Administration $585/year

*pricing updated August 1, 2025

Example Cost of a VM

So as an example a VM with 2 Gb of memory with 25 Gb of Silver storage with onsite backups would cost:
 
($10.23 base rate/Yr)  + (2 * $14.32 $/Gb/Yr) + (25 * 0.31 $/Gb Silver with VM/File Based Backup) = $46.62/yr
 

Billing

Payments will be charged to the Fund code provided on a monthly basis.  Fund codes will be charged a single entry for all VMs assigned to that code per month at a rate of 1/12 the annual cost.  To see details (per server cost) of your fund code, go to the Fund Code link in Clockworks.   Pricing is reviewed annually in the Fall.  It is unexpected that rates will increase due to the typical cost reduction seen in hardware infrastructure over time.

 

Article number: KB0025194

Valid to: June 27, 2026