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-This page is a guide for Principal Investigators (PIs) who have applied to Compute Canada's [https://alliancecan.ca/en/services/advanced-research-computing/accessing-resources/resource-allocation-competition Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC)], a peer-reviewed process to grant priority access to storage and compute resources beyond what can be obtained via the [https://alliancecan.ca/en/services/advanced-research-computing/accessing-resources/rapid-access-service Rapid Access Service].
+This page is a guide for Principal Investigators (PIs) who have applied to Alliance's [https://alliancecan.ca/en/services/advanced-research-computing/accessing-resources/resource-allocation-competition Resource Allocation Competitions (RAC)], a peer-reviewed process to grant priority access to storage and compute resources beyond what can be obtained via the [https://alliancecan.ca/en/services/advanced-research-computing/accessing-resources/rapid-access-service Rapid Access Service].
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-Compute Canada resources are made available to PIs through Resource Allocation Projects (RAP). Each RAP has a project identifier (RAPI) and an associated groupename.
+Alliance resources are made available to PIs through Resource Allocation Projects (RAP). Each RAP has a project identifier (RAPI) and an associated groupename.
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-Compute Canada accounts are ''per person:'' Account sharing is strictly forbidden. Each of your students, employees, or collaborators who will use the resources should therefore obtain their own account under your sponsorship. They should go to the [https://ccdb.computecanada.ca Compute Canada database] to register in their own name, using your CCRI to indicate your sponsorship when filling out the web form. You (the sponsor) will receive an e-mail with a link to click on to confirm the sponsorship of this individual. There is no limit on the number of sponsored accounts that a PI can have, but such sponsorship should only be in the context of a genuine and sustained research collaboration. More details on the process of obtaining a Compute Canada account are available [https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/account-management/apply-for-an-account/ here].
+Alliance accounts are ''per person:'' Account sharing is strictly forbidden. Each of your students, employees, or collaborators who will use the resources should therefore obtain their own account under your sponsorship. They should go to the [https://ccdb.computecanada.ca CCDB] to register in their own name, using your CCRI to indicate your sponsorship when filling out the web form. You (the sponsor) will receive an e-mail with a link to click on to confirm the sponsorship of this individual. There is no limit on the number of sponsored accounts that a PI can have, but such sponsorship should only be in the context of a genuine and sustained research collaboration. More details on the process of obtaining a Alliance account are available [https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/account-management/apply-for-an-account/ here].
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-By default, every role that you have sponsored through your Compute Canada Database (CCDB) registration has access to your RAC award. Any co-PIs that were listed on your RAC application will also have access.
+By default, every role that you have sponsored through your Alliance CCDB registration has access to your RAC award. Any co-PIs that were listed on your RAC application will also have access.
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-If you have substantial amounts of data to transfer to a Compute Canada cluster in order to use your storage allocation, we strongly recommend the use of [[Globus]] for this transfer.
+If you have substantial amounts of data to transfer to an Alliance cluster in order to use your storage allocation, we strongly recommend the use of [[Globus]] for this transfer.
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-By default, every role that you have sponsored through your Compute Canada Database (CCDB) registration has access to your RAC award. Any co-PIs that were listed on your RAC application will also have access.
+By default, every role that you have sponsored through your Alliance CCDB registration has access to your RAC award. Any co-PIs that were listed on your RAC application will also have access.
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 *Default RAP: Cloud resources granted to you via RAS are allocated through your default RAP. All your activated sponsored user roles are always members of your default RAP. That is, confirming sponsorship of a user confers on them membership in your default RAP. However, you can at any time deactivate any role you sponsor.
-*RAC RAP: By default, only the PI is added as a member of a RAP associated with cloud resources allocated via the Resource Allocation Competitions. If desired, you can add sponsored users and/or other active Compute Canada users as members to the RAP. Only members added to your RAP can use your cloud allocation.
+*RAC RAP: By default, only the PI is added as a member of a RAP associated with cloud resources allocated via the Resource Allocation Competitions. If desired, you can add sponsored users and/or other active Alliance users as members to the RAP. Only members added to your RAP can use your cloud allocation.
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