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HECC Home / Support Home / KB Home / Allocations & Job Accounting / Common Standard Billing Unit (SBU)

Common Standard Billing Unit (SBU)

Article ID: 271
Last updated: 13 Jan, 2026

A common Standard Billing Unit (SBU) normalizes computing time usage across different types of processor architectures, and is used for allocating and tracking usage for both the HECC project and the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (NCCS).

For details about the charging formula and SBU rates for each processor type, see Job Accounting.
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