FY26 Recharge Rates

The information presented here includes the recharge rates for various services provided by Berkeley IT, the campus's central information technology organization. This information is subject to change.

Service

Unit of Measure

Rate

Telecom Services

Consolidated Voice - with features

Phone lines (including call centers) with features such as voicemail, caller ID, waiting calls, etc.

$/line/month

$ 36.53

Consolidated Voice - without features

Standard phone lines with dial tone, including fax lines.

$/line/month

$ 24.31

Cellular

Wireless phone plans and equipment, in partnership with AT&T and Verizon.

% service fee

19%

Infrastructure Service

Communications Infrastructure Project

Fees for communications services for each construction project are based on a detailed plan review. Charges will be added to the total project budget.

$/hour

$ 142

Security Video Services

Security Video - Maintenance

Maintenance cost for existing security cameras.

$/camera

$ 311

Security Video - Installation Overhead

New security camera installation cost.

% service fee

29%

Database Services

DB - Oracle

Enterprise Edition Oracle database for client use.

$/application/month

$ 606

DB - Oracle Dedicated Instance (DI)

Dedicated instance add-on for Oracle database.

$/instance/month

$ 344

DB - Oracle Dedicated Virtual Machine (DVM)

Dedicated Virtual Machine add-on for Oracle database.

$/VM/month

$ 1,017

DB - SQL Server

Enterprise-level Microsoft SQL Server database environment for client use.

$/application/month

$ 692

DB - SQL Server Dedicated Instance (DI)

Dedicated instance add-on for Microsoft SQL Server database.

$/instance/month

$ 779

DB - Open Source

PostgreSQL or MySQL database for client use.

$/instance/month

$ 799

DB Storage & Backups

Additional storage with backups for database services.

$/5GB of additional storage/month

$ 3.05

Database Consulting

Consulting service for database administration such as performance tuning, security assessments, backup and recovery assistance, etc.

$/hour

$ 178

Website Services

Open Berkeley

A complete web publishing turnkey solution that includes hosting, site spin-up, training, site launch, security, accessibility, privacy, maintenance updates, branding, new features, and ongoing support.

$/site/month

$ 135

Web Hosting (Drupal & WordPress)

A hosting platform that provides tools for building and maintaining Drupal or WordPress websites. The service is provided by an external vendor, Pantheon.

$/site/month

$ 20

Data Backup & Storage

Backup

Network-based backup and recovery service for computer systems.

$/GB/month

$ 0.10

Colocation

Data Center for physical housing of mission-critical servers.

$/rack unit/month

$ 23.13

Storage Performance

Enterprise storage - Ideal for frequently accessed, throughput-intensive workloads with large datasets and large I/O sizes.

$/GB/month

$ 0.11

Storage Utility

Enterprise storage - Best for high I/O enterprise systems, such as large database servers and VM clusters.

$/GB/month

$ 0.04

System Support & Consultation

Platforms Consulting

System Administration consulting.

$/hour

$ 171

System Support - Standard

Managed systems administration for Berkeley IT-hosted Linux and Windows servers located in the UC Berkeley and San Diego Super Computing Center data centers.

$/pkg/month

$ 157

System Support - Extended

24x7 Managed systems administration, including Custom OS Patching Schedule and Scheduled Off-Hours Service Request Work.

$/pkg/month

$ 451

Compute CPU

CPU for your virtual computer.

$/CPU/month

$ 4.10

Compute RAM

RAM for your virtual computer.

$/1GB RAM/month

$ 2.05