How to get an account

Application form

Tell us about yourself:

• What is your status with UofC?

• What research group do you work for? Who is your supervisor?

(If you are a Principal Investigator yourself, please respond accordingly).

• How did you learn about the ARC cluster?

• Do you have any experience with Linux and / or compute clusters?

• What problem are you trying to address by using a compute cluster?

Provide us with some more details on your work.

• Please tell us a briefly about the research topic you are going to be woking on on ARC.

• What are the data you are planning to work on?

• What kind of analysis is it?

• What software are you going to be using?

• Do you have an estimate for the amount of work?

The storage provided by the ARC cluster is only suitable for Level 1 and Level 2 data, as classified according to the UofC Information Security Classification Standard: https://www.ucalgary.ca/legal-services/sites/default/files/teams/1/Standards-Legal-Information-Security-Classification-Standard.pdf

User's accounts on ARC are subject to automatic deletion after 12 months of inactivity. Please log in periodically to prevent your account from being deleted. You will be notified before the account is deleted.