# Services specifications
This page lists the services specification for our cloud services. The services specification is incorporated as an appendix to the cloud services agreement. Services are prices in accordance with our price list.
# Current
CURRENT SERVICES SPECIFICATION
HUNT Cloud Services Specifications (opens new window)(v3.0, PDF)
# Updates
The services specifications will be updated from time to time.
Major updates. Major updates affect services. Major updates are specified by increasing numbers (v1, v2, v3, etc.). These become effective ninety days after they are announcement to service centers and data spaces on email. The new version is immediately effective for new service centers.
Minor updates. Minor updates do -not- affect services. Minor updates are specified by increasing decimals (v2.1, v2.2, v2.3, etc). Minor updates follow the effective date of major updates and take precedence of previous versions when they are published on this page.
# Archive
| Version | Announced | Effective |
|---|---|---|
| HUNT Cloud Services Specification v3.0 (opens new window)(PDF) | 2025-07-01 | 2025-10-01 |
| HUNT Cloud Services Specification v2.11 (opens new window)(PDF) | 2023-12-08 | 2023-12-08 |
| HUNT Cloud Services Specification v2.10 (opens new window)(PDF) | 2023-10-05 | 2023-10-05 |
| HUNT Cloud Services Specification v2.9 (opens new window)(PDF) | 2023-08-07 | 2023-08-07 |
| HUNT Cloud Services Specification v2.8 (opens new window)(PDF) | 2022-02-20 | 2022-02-20 |
| HUNT Cloud Services Specification v2.7 (opens new window)(PDF) | 2021-12-08 | 2021-12-08 |
| HUNT Cloud Services Specification v2.6 (opens new window)(PDF) | 2021-09-03 | 2021-10-01 |
| HUNT Cloud Services Specification v2.5 (opens new window)(PDF) | 2021-07-01 | 2021-10-01 |
# Changes
See document information in PDF file for document changes.
# HUNT Cloud Services Specification v3.0 (MAJOR)
Announced: 2025-07-01.
This is the first major services specification change since 2021. The changes includes updates to our subscription services, compute services and storage services.
The changes may be read with the accompanying adjustment of the HUNT Cloud pricelist v5.0 (MAJOR).
Contact us for questions related to the services changes or price adjustements.
List of individual changes:
Data space subscriptions
- EXPLORE and EVOLVE are introduced as new data space subscription levels to improve lab portfolio management under a data space.
- EXPLORE is aimed at departments and division with the intention that scientists quickly can establish their own lab.
- EVOLVE is aimed at scientific groups where lab leaders can control more than one lab.
- Cost is removed from the subscription layers to allow for improved movement between subscriptions.
- The previous subscription levels WHITE, ORANGE and BLUE are removed.
For clarification
Data spaces on the BLUE subscription can keep their BLUE services for their full 12 months subscription period if they prefer these over the new services.
Lab subscription
- The service description for Lab and Secure combined under Lab.
Compute
- General terms for all compute services are added.
- Services descriptions are split into "Home machine", "IAAS machine" and "GPU accelerators" and text is updated.
- SPOT machines are introduces as the new cost-effective machine alternative (50% of regular machines).
- SPOT machines aims to utilize surplus system capacity and is restricted to 30 days duration per deployment.
- GPUs is simpified to per day ON-DEMAND meter.
- IAAS machines can now be paused (shelved) to save cost for idle machines. These can quickly be reactivated.
- IAAS shelving stops the compute cost for as long as the machine is shelved. Note that storage cost attached to shelved machines is still metered.
Storage
- Section is renamed from Store to Storage.
- The default storage is renamed "Regular storage".
- Speed-optimized storage is introduced (NVMe) under the same volume discount as regular storage.
- Tape storage is specified in the text, and allows for the possibility to preserve all lab volumes in addition to selected files.
Transfer
- Specification text is split in internal kista, external kista and network openings sections.
# HUNT Cloud Services Specification v2.11 (minor)
- Minor clarification under Compute responsibilities.
# HUNT Cloud Services Specification v2.10 (minor)
- Document identified included (hcc-doc101).
# HUNT Cloud Services Specification v2.9 (minor)
- "Security controls" updated to "Security and privacy controls".
# HUNT Cloud Services Specification v2.8 (minor)
- Format updates.
# HUNT Cloud Services Specification v2.7 (minor)
- Prepayment changed to next quarter billing.
# HUNT Cloud Services Specification v2.6 (minor)
- Billing account updated to Invoice profile.
# HUNT Cloud Services Specification v2.5 (minor)
- First version under the new services model.