HPC2N
High Performance Computing Center North
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If you wish to apply for a project which will have resources allocated at HPC2N, the Principal Investigator (PI) has to apply for one according to the rules described on project allocations web page. There are two types of projects - compute and storage - each of which have different sizes of projects you can apply for: small, medium, and large. You apply for all of them on the NAISS SUPR page, under rounds. To do so you need an account at SUPR.
When you start a project application, the progress will be saved as 'In Preparation' on your SUPR page, and you can continue working on it later. Just remember to save the changes you make to each of the sections!
You will need to fill in more information for the larger projects, than for the smaller ones. However, there is some information you will need regardless of the type of project: Title, Abstract, Resource Usage (how do you plan to use the requested resources), Classification (VR classification codes - only in Swedish), length of project (1-12 months), which resource(s) you wish to use, and the amount of core hours/month you need.
Much of the information on the application will be filled in, but you should check that your contact information and such is correct.
Note, to apply for a project, you need to be the PI.
Local project requests:
HPC2N's cluster "Kebnekaise" is now only open for local project requests.
Small level requests:
Medium level requests:
Before filling out the form to apply for a medium level project, you should read the instructions.
Large level requests:
Before filling out the form to apply for a large level project, you should read the instructions.
You can read the slides here from the seminar by Philipp Schlatter: "SNIC and SNAC: Handling of large-scale computer time allocations in Sweden.".
Make sure you have the following information handy before filling in the form:
Please, also read the
Rules for using HPC2N resources and services
before you start applying for an account. Take a look at an overview the available resources at HPC2N.
The default storage in your home directory at HPC2N is 25GB, so you would almost certainly need to apply for a storage project as well as a compute project. (See more information about our file systems here).
Storage projects are applied for through SUPR. While storage projects needs to be applied for separately, they are usually linked to a compute project.
There are three sizes of storage project in SUPR; small, medium, and large. You will need to fill in more information for the larger projects, than for the smaller ones. However, there is some information you will need regardless of the type of project:
Much of the information on the application will be filled in, but you should check that your contact information and such is correct.
Note, to apply for a project, you need to be the PI.
Local project requests:
HPC2N's cluster "Kebnekaise" is now only open for local project requests.
Small level requests:
Medium level requests:
Before filling out the form to apply for a medium level project, you should read the instructions which also lists the requirements for applying for a medium storage project.
Large level requests:
Before filling out the form to apply for a large level project, you should read the instructions which also lists the requirements for applying for a large storage project.
All user administration for all types of projects are handled by the PI (or the appointed proxy-PI) in SUPR. The users must first have an account in SUPR and have signed the NAISS User agreement. Signing it can be done on the "Personal Information" page in SUPR.
While storage projects needs to be applied for separately, they are usually linked to a compute project. The storage project PI can link one or several compute projects to the storage project, thereby allowing users in the compute project access to the storage project without the PI having to explicitly handle access to the storage project.
Please look under project info for details on how to obtain project information about current and past projects at HPC2N.
If you have jobs still in the queue when your compute project expires, the priority of those jobs are lowered drastically. However, your job will not be removed, and you can change the project account for the job with this command
scontrol update job=<jobid> account=<newproject>
If you have any questions about how to apply for a project, add users, etc., mail them to: support@hpc2n.umu.se
More information here about SNAC. They are responsible for allocating the resources in Sweden.