Obtaining Computer Allocations and Monitoring Use

SCD User Meeting at AMS

January 11, 2005

Ginger Caldwell, SCD

Computing Resources: Options for Universities

• No charge for these options• Requests processed in less than one week

if criteria are met (except for large requests)– Large allocations with NSF award (>900 GAUs)– Small allocations with NSF award (< = 900

GAUs)– Small data access account (10-20 GAUs)– Graduate student account (600 GAUs)– Post-doc account (1500 GAUs)– New faculty account (1500 GAUs)

Large Allocation with NSF Award

• Requests > 900 GAUs • Requires NSF award • Requests reviewed twice yearly by SCD

Advisory Panel • Interim allocation of up to 900 GAUs can be

made while review is in progress• End date is same as NSF award end date

Small Allocation with NSF Award

• Requests <= 900 GAUs

• Requires NSF award

• End date is same as NSF award end date

• Processed within a week

Small Data Access Account

• Allocation of 10-20 GAUs for two years

• NSF award not needed

• Open to researchers and faculty at universities

• Charge for cryptocards if not for university personnel

• Accounts are usually renewable

Graduate Student Allocation

• Limited to a one-time allocation of 600 GAUs

• NSF award not needed• Open to students at U.S. universities while

working on degree• Requires email from advisor to

substantiate need for allocation for thesis

Post-Doc Allocation

• Limited to a one-time allocation of 1500 GAUs

• NSF grant not needed• Open to post-docs at U.S. universities and

non-profit research organizations who have received their Ph.D. within past 5 years

• Requires email from university sponsor

New Faculty Allocation

• Limited to 1500 GAUs

• NSF grant not needed

• Open to faculty at U.S. universities who have received their Ph.D. within past 5 years

Joint Allocation

• Allocation for work being done jointly between a university researcher and an NCAR researcher

• Requests are approved by the NCAR division director where the NCAR researcher is located

• Some divisions have requested more GAUs for joint projects than others

• Contact your collaborator at NCAR for more information

MySCD Portal

• Web application providing a single, customizable interface to SCD’s suite of information and services– Choose what you want to see– View supercomputer queues and job status– Submit and cancel jobs on supercomputers– Search email aliases, staff, datasets, and

UCAR web site– View SCD News and SCD Daily Bulletin

MySCD Portal

• Track GAU usage by division, program or project

MySCD Portal

• URL:https://www.portal.scd.ucar.edu:8443/scd-portal

• Or click on “My SCD” at the top of SCD’s home page

• Login using your CAS login and password

Questions ?

• Getting an account? alloc@ucar.edu

• Adding a user to your account? dbs@ucar.edu or 303-497-1225

• SCD Portal? consult1@ucar.edu or 303-497-1278

• Using SCD Computers or Mass Storage System? consult1@ucar.edu

Invitation!

You are invited to SCD’s 2005 User Forum

May 18-19, 2005

at the NCAR Mesa Lab

Presentations by University and NCAR staff

Agenda available by March 15