Allocations and Accounts

Time on the HPC cluster is allocated.

An allocation refers to a block of CPU time that you can use to run your computations.

Only faculty may request an allocation. Research staff may apply for an exception.

• Students must be sponsored by a faculty or research staff.
• All individuals on a given allocation share the service units. Allocations may be requested at the RC website’s Allocations page

Allocations are measured in service units (SUs), which represent the total usage of hardware resources over a period of time (i.e., CPU+Memory+GPU per core-hour). The SU charge rate can vary based on the hardware used. Newer hardware and GPUs will charge more SUs.