Projects Accounts¶
Shared project in the Global project directory.¶
We can setup for you a dedicated project directory on the GPFS/SpectrumScale Filesystem for sharing research data with other colleagues.
Whether to create a new project directory or to add/remove members to the group set to access the project data, use the Service Now HPC Support Portal.
Service Now HPC Support Portal
Data Storage Charging¶
Slurm Project Account¶
As explained in the Slurm Account Hierarchy, projects account can be created at the L3 level of the association tree.
To quickly list a given project accounts and the users attached to it, you can use the sassoc helper function:
# /!\ ADAPT project acronym/name <name>accordingly
sassoc project_<name>
Alternatively, you can rely on sacctmgr, typically coupled with the withassoc attribute:
# /!\ ADAPT project acronym/name <name>accordingly
sacctmgr show account where name=project_<name> format="account%20,user%20,Share,QOS%50" withassoc
As per HPC Resource Allocations for Research Project, creation of such project accounts is mandatory for funded research projects, since usage charging may occur when a detailed reporting will be provided for auditing purposes.
With the help of the University Research Support department, we will create automatically project accounts from the list of accepted project which acknowledge the need of computing resources. Feel free nethertheless to use the Service Now HPC Support Portal to request the creation of a new project account or to add/remove members to the group - this might be pertinent for internal research projects or specific collaboration with external partners requiring a separate usage monitoring.
Important
Project account is a natural way to access the higher priority QOS not granted by default to your personnal account on the ULHPC. For instance, the high QOS is automatically granted as soon as a contribution to the HPC budget line is performed by the project.