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Project Requests

The Cornell Center for Advanced Computing (CAC) is operating on a cost-recovery model effective July 1, 2008. CAC services – including computing, consulting, file storage, backups, and/or cluster maintenance – will be fee-based beginning July 1, 2008 and require a Cornell University account number for charge-back based on rates (rate information available only to Cornell faculty and staff) which are subsidized by the Provost and revised annually. Exploratory accounts, general help, occasional questions, training workshops, and access to research networks continue to be provided at no cost.

Current Accounts Terminate June 30, 2008

If you currently have an account on our computer systems, that account will terminate on June 30 and your directory on H: will become "read only." You will not be able to submit jobs to any of the CAC compute nodes.

To use CAC Services after July 1, 2008

Please complete a CAC Project Request Form (PRF). Only faculty and research staff may complete a Project Request Form; students need to identify a faculty sponsor. This form will ask you to set initial limits on the number of computing hours and/or consulting hours that you desire. It will also enable you to request other CAC services such as disk space for file storage and databases or cluster maintenance for a cluster dedicated to your specific research group. A Cornell University account number and account point of contact is necessary to complete the form.

After your Project is Established

Use the Add an ID Form to add users to your project, set limits on that user's computing, consulting, and file storage usage, and decide if that person's CAC files should have backup services, an optional fee-based service that will be provided and billed by CIT's EZ-Backup.

Managing Your Project

Project PIs can adjust limits and view project members via the Manage Projects form. Note that only Cornell faculty and staff have access to this form, and only the project PI can view and change settings on their own project(s).

Corporate Allocations

Industry access to CAC systems is available through memberships in the Corporate Program. Contact Paul Redfern to learn how to participate.

Help

Help in filling out forms can be obtained by contacting CAC Help.