Using a resource allocation

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A page instructing RAC winners how to go about using their new allocation on Compute Canada systems.

Introduction

RAC recipients will be notified shortly before the new RAC year (usually first week in April) of the results of their RAC award.

The awards are implemented at the beginning of the RAC year, and recipients can begin to use their awards.

Accounts

TBD: something about RAPI's and account names.

Sponsored Users

TBD: something about adding sponsored users.

Using a Compute Allocation on a cluster

Jobs to be run under the RAC accounts (RAP) will need to specify the account. See Running_jobs for details.

Using allocated /project storage

A /project storage allocation on one of the GP (general purpose) or LP (large parallel) systems is allocated as a directory of the form /project/rrg-<PI name>. This directory can be shared with the PIs sponsored users. For details see Project_layout.

Note that the PI also has the RAS (default) project space of the form /project/def-<PI name>. The PI may want to copy or move data from that default to the allocated /project directory.

Using a Cloud Allocation

TBD

Resource Allocation Competition

Resource Allocation Project Identifier

General Purpose cluster: Béluga, Cedar, or Graham

Rapid Access Service