Triton Affiliates and Partners Program (TAPP)
TAPP offers cost-effective computing resources to University of California researchers and affiliates through the Triton Resource at SDSC. Participants can purchase computing time or storage space to suit the needs of their project or organization. TAPP encompasses purchases by central campuses as well as academic departments, individual researchers, or labs. TAPP is also open to non-UC academic, government, and industry organizations on a capacity-available basis.
Resources
TAPP provides the following resources and services:
- Time on cluster nodes or large-memory nodes (see table below).
- User support for getting onto the system, help with compilers/software environment: as needed up to ~60 hr/year per 200K base Service Units (SUs) purchased (additional support billed at cost of labor and materials)
- Training programs/documentation to transition existing users and facilitate new users
- Multiple user accounts per allocation (may be limited for large requests)
- Key software packages, including Abaqeus, Fluent, IDL, Star-P, and Tecplot. Non-UC and non-UCSD users may be responsible for licensing costs of commercial software packages.
| Triton Compute Cluster |
PDAF 256 GB |
PDAF 512 GB |
256 nodes 8 cores/node 24 GB/node |
20 nodes 32 cores/node 256 GB/node |
8 nodes 32 cores/node 512 GB/node |
See the Triton Resource Web site for a complete system description and specifications.
Additional information about the program, in FAQ format, may be found on the Triton FAQ page.
Pricing Information
Costs may be paid via recharge by UC campuses, departments, or individual researchers at a rate calculated per base SU (one core-hour on TCC at 2.4 GHz), plus indirect costs, where applicable. Non-UC researchers may contract for capacity by entering into UCSD's standard service or research agreement. Current pricing, terms, and conditions may be found on the Triton Price Schedule page. Capacity on the system may be limited. Contact tapp-mgr@sdsc.edu for further details.
Grant Information
Instructions for including the Triton Resource in your grant or contract proposal may be found on the Grant Instructions for Triton Resource page.
Contact Information
Contact your TAPP campus administrator for information on the status of your campus
Submit a help ticket to request pricing for your project or to ask about resources.
