Apply for an AAP Allocation

Apply for an AAP allocation by submitting the form below. Once you obtain an account, you will have access to SDSC Consulting. To avoid delays, please reapply early when extending your access to SDSC resources. When you are nearing the end of your AAP term, renew using the AAP application form below. Please e-mail academic-associates@sdsc.edu if you have any problems using this form.

The Blue Gene and OnDemand resources are now available for full production runs.

* fields are required.

Researcher Information
(the person who will personally log in to SDSC resources)

* First Name: * Campus: * Status: * Telephone:	* Last Name: * Department: * E-mail: Fax:
* Mailing Address:

Principal Investigator
(the UC faculty member sponsoring the research, if different from above)

First Name:

Last Name:

Project Requirements

* Describe your research and provide justification for the resources you are requesting
(limit to 2000 words)

* SDSC resource you would like to use

Compute Resources:

Recommended location for temporary storage is GPFS (for I/O files)
CAUTION: GPFS is purged every 3 days. Please move files to HPSS.
Access to HPSS tape storage is included with compute allocation.

SDSC TeraGrid (3.1 TFLOPS IA-64 Cluster)
Requested SUs (hours of compute time):

Blue Gene (4.6 TFLOPS IBM PowerPC system )
Requested SUs (hours of compute time):

OnDemand Cluster (2.4 TFLOPS Rocks cluster)
Requested SUs (hours of compute time):
Only for backfill purposes including StarP access

Bebop (Sun SX-64)
Requested SUs:
Reserved for data analysis with SAS

Data Resources:
If you require access only to storage, apply for a data allocation here.

HPSS (Tape)
Requested GBs:
If you want to apply for any Compute Resource above, access to HPSS tape storage will be included.

SAM-QFS (Disk)
Requested GBs:
Collection purposes only; For backups, contact academic-associates@sdsc.edu

Type of Request

New request Renewal
userid (only if renewing an account)

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