Service Allocations for the UMRCP

Note: Be sure to select your desired resource allocations from the enrollment form. Researchers can opt for a mix of services and it is best to consider all of them before making an initial request as adding additional services after the initial request is more difficult.

ARC Service Allocations

Researchers who enroll in UMRCP can choose from the following available high performance computing allocations provided by the Advanced Research Computing team:

  • Up to 80,000 CPU hours of high-performance computing provided via Great Lakes and/or Armis2
  • Up to 10 TB of replicated, high-performance active storage via Turbo
  • Up to 100 TB of replicated archive storage via Data Den
  • Up to 4 CPU + 16 GB RAM for a Secure Enclave Services Virtual Server

Selecting the Right Resources

To get a better understanding of which ARC resources will best meet your needs when signing up for UMRCP, read the service descriptions below, leverage the UMRCP Resource Guide or reach out to your Unit IT Support:

Great Lakes & Armis2 HPC Clusters

80,000 standard-CPU hours to be allocated on either the Great Lakes cluster, the Armis2 protected data cluster, or distributed across these clusters.

This allocation can be used to work with any of the computing hardware resources available on these clusters:

HPC allocations provided through UMRCP will be attached to a UMRCP-specific slurm account for scheduling and billing.

Turbo Research Storage

10 TB of Replicated High-Performance Network Storage 

Turbo provides high-performance active storage for researchers who need to access data regularly. Data stored in Turbo can be accessed from, or made available to, many systems including: 

This annual allocation of 10 TB can be distributed between sensitive and non-sensitive volumes.

Data Den Research Data Archive

100 TB of replicated archival storage

Data Den Research Archive replicated archival storage is designed to meet all long-term data retention needs.

Data Den storage is ideal for maintaining adherence to data retention policies of NIH or NSF grant requirements, or to meet any other grant or data retention requirements.

This annual allocation of 100 TB can be distributed between sensitive and non-sensitive volumes.

Data Den Research Archive storage services are available through the Globus data transfer service.

Secure Enclave Services

4 CPUs + 16 GB RAM for Secure Enclave Services instance for high security computing

Secure Enclave Services (SES) are designed to meet any needs or requirements for secure hosting and analysis of restricted-access research data. SES gives researchers high-performance, secure, and flexible computing environments that are available as a remote desktop.

UMRCP provides researchers up to 4 CPUs and 16GB of RAM (memory) per virtual server instance.