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For policies that apply to all ARCC resources, see ARCC Policies.
Usage of Login Nodes
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The login nodes are provided for authorized users to access the Teton cluster.
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HPC/HPS AccountsOverviewHPC/HPS accounts are available for all University faculty, staff, and students for the purpose of research. Account Sponsorship by a PI
General Terms of UseThe following conditions apply to all account types. Additional details on how the different account types of work can be found elsewhere on this page.
Account requestsAll HPC accounts can be requested through the ARCC Access Request Form. Note that all requests, for creating projects and adding users to a project, must be made by the project PI. For questions about HPC account procedures not addressed below, please contact ARCC. DefinitionsPrincipal Investigator (PI) Account account of a faculty member who has an extended-term position with UW (e.g. not Adjunct Faculty)Sponsored Researcher a member (e.g. Student/Graduate Assistant, Faculty, or Researcher from another Institution) of a research project for which a UW faculty member is the PISystem Account account of a staff member who has a permanent relationship with UW Account TypesPI AccountsPI accounts are for individual PIs only. These accounts are for research only and are not to be shared with anyone else. These accounts are subject to periodic review and can be deleted if the account holders change their University affiliation or fail to comply with UW and ARCC account policies. Sponsored AccountsPIs may sponsor any number of accounts, but these accounts must be used for research only. UW faculty are responsible for all of their sponsored account users. These accounts are subject to periodic review and will be deleted if the sponsoring faculty or the account holders change their University affiliation or fail to comply with UW and ARCC account policies. Instructional AccountsPIs may sponsor HPC accounts and projects for instructional purposes on the ARCC systems by submitting a request through the ARCC Access Request Form. Instructional requests are subject to denial only when the proposed use is inappropriate for the systems and/or when the instructional course would require resources that exceed available capacity on the systems or substantially interfere with research computations. HPC accounts for instructional purposes will be added by the Sponsor into a separate group created with the 'class group' designation. Class group membership is to be sponsored for one semester and the Sponsor will remove the group at the end of the semester. Class/Instructional group jobs should only be submitted to the 'class' queue, which will be equivalent in priority to the 'windfall' queue, and only available on the appropriate nodes of the ARCC systems. System AccountsSystem accounts are for staff members who have a permanent relationship with UW and are responsible for system administration. Account LifecycleAccount CreationARCC HPC/HPS accounts will be created to match existing UWYO accounts whenever possible. PIs may request accounts for existing projects/allocations or courses. Account RenewalAccount TransferA PI who is leaving the project or the University can request that their project be transferred to a new PI. Any non-PI accounts can be transferred from one PI's zone of control to another as necessary as students move working from one researcher to another. Account transfer requests will also be made by contacting the Help Desk (766-4357). Account TerminationThe VP of Research, the University and UW CIO, and University Provost comprise the University of Wyoming's Research Computing Executive Steering Committee (UW-ESC). The UW-ECS will govern the termination of Research Computing accounts, following other University policies as needed. Non-PI accounts may be terminated at the request of the UW-ESC. Any users found in violation of this Research Computing Allocation Policy or any other UWyo Policies may have access to their accounts suspended for review by the Director of Research Support, IT, and the UW-ESC. |
Job Scheduling Policy
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Software Acquisition, Installation, and Support (AIS) PolicyOverviewThis document defines the ARCC's software policy regarding software acquisition, installation, and support. ARCC will help UW users through:
General software usage, functionality, and application questions should be addressed by the research computing community. To support the community support model, ARCC will make available a community-driven Known Error Database in the form of a Wiki with discussion board features. The ARCC will review the software policy annually during the Change Advisory Board meeting with input from the Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) members. Software RequestsThe ARCC will maintain a list of currently supported software for each HPC system that ARCC supports. Supported software is evaluated biannually. The ARCC reserves the right to discontinue support for underutilized software. Software proposed for discontinued support will be placed in a "deprecated" section of the software modules interface. Movement of applications to a deprecated status will happen twice per year during system upgrades. Faculty can submit a request for continued software support of deprecated applications using the ARCC Resource Request Form. New software requests must be initiated by a faculty member via the ARCC Resource Request Form. The information on this form (e.g. estimates on the number of users, software and licensing details, software cost, and the timeline for installation) will be utilized to determine the degree of support provided by the ARCC. Software AcquisitionFinancial SupportWhenever possible, researchers are encouraged to use open-source software. The costs for discipline-specific, proprietary software will typically be born by the PIs requesting the software. A small number of one-time 'seed funding' opportunities may be made with input from the FAC. Financial support for the software is dependent on the user base, as follows:
Technical SupportARCC staff will provide support in the identification of efficient and cost-effective software packages to meet the research objectives of faculty members. Where suitable the ARCC will coordinate software acquisitions of faculty with similar objectives to better leverage research investment. Software InstallationLicensing SupportThe ARCC, with the help of UW-IT and UW General Council, will help provide guidance on research software licensing and suitable installation/controlled access. Technical SupportARCC staff will provide software installation services for software to be run on ARCC resources. Department IT consultants will help with the installation of software on researchers' workstations. The ARCC will also provide centralized license server services for software on ARCC resources when needed. Software Support
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OverviewCode-named Teton, the ARCC high-performance storage system (HPS) is a high speed, tiered storage system designed to maximize performance while minimizing cost. Teton is intended to be used for storing data that is actively being used. The following policies discuss the use of this space. In general, the disk space is intended for support of research using the cluster, and as a courtesy to other users of the cluster, you should try to delete any files that are no longer needed or being used. All data on the HPS, are considered to be related to your research and not to be of a personal nature. As such, all data is considered to be owned by the principal investigator for the allocation through which you have access to the cluster. Teton is for the support of active research using the clusters. You should remove data files, etc. from the cluster promptly when you no longer actively working on the computations requiring them. This is to ensure that all users can avail themselves of these resources.
Storage AllocationsEach individual researcher is assigned a standard storage allocation or quota on Directory Descriptions
Directory Summary Table
Augmenting Capacity of Disk Allocation Researchers working with or generating massive data sets that exceed the default 5 TB allocation, or having significant I/O needs should consider the following options:
File Deletion PolicyThis describes ARCC's file deletion policy:
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