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.
