Frequently Asked Questions about the CCDB: Difference between revisions

Compute Canada resources are made available to PIs through Resource Allocation Projects (RAP). Researchers are usually working on at least one research project. For reporting purposes, we need to be able to provide statistics on how our facilities are used, but the word “project” is too ambiguous, therefore we use a name which does not have any implicit meanings. Also, computing resources are not allocated to individuals, they are allocated to groups of researchers. The RAP is the group of researchers which resources are allocated to.

*Default RAP: A default RAP is automatically created when a PI role is activated. Default and Rapid Access Service quotas for storage and cloud resources are managed via this default RAP. The Default RAP allows PIs and sponsored users to make opportunistic user of compute resources with the default (that is, the lowest) priority. On CCDB, it uses the convention <tt>def-username</tt>.

*RAC RAP: This RAP is created when the PI receives an award through any of the Resource Allocation Competitions. On CCDB, it uses the convention <tt>rrg-username-xx</tt> or <tt>rpp-username-xx</tt>, depending on the competition.