Man­age your Run­ning Com­pute Time Pro­ject

The management of running compute time project includes

Both project administration tasks are described on this page.

Pro­ject Mem­ber Man­age­ment: Provide or Change Mem­ber­ship

Change Membership

The principal investigator (PI) and the project administrator (PA) of a granted project can add or remove members from a project via the ZIM service portal.

  1. Login at ZIM service portal.
  2. Goto "My groups" (Meine Gruppen).
    1. Use your project acronym (a string like hpc-prf-lsdfa) as the group id.
    2. Add or remove members.

Create User Account

If you want to be added to a compute time project, you need a Paderborn University account (ZIM account), please follow the steps to create an account:

  1. Find out the project acronym. This is a string like hpc-prf-lsdfa. If unsure please ask the principal investigator of the project.
  2. Fill out the online account request form at PC²-JARDS
  3. After submitting you will get a pdf by mail. Please sign the pdf and have the principal investigator of the project sign it (either by hand or digitally).
  4. Send the signed pdf to pc2-support@uni-paderborn.de.
  5. The account will be created within a few days and you will be notified by mail.

Pro­ject Con­­t­in­­gent Man­age­ment

The following changes are possible within the project contingent management:

  • The compute contingent can be moved between the clusters. Write a short email to pc2-support@uni-paderborn.de with the requested change.
  • Some project types can also extend the duration of a project, more information can be found on the separate page.
  • If you are considering a project resource extension, the key factor is determining the exact amount of additional resources required. Whether your needs are above or below 25% of the initially requested resources is essential. The following table shows the possibilities depending on the project type:
  Amount of Additional Resources (Compute Contingent, File System Quota)
Project Type Increase by UP TO 25% Increase by MORE than 25%
NHR-large Yes, possible once during the approved period of the application. Write a short email to pc2-support@uni-paderborn.de with the requested change (in CPU/GPU/FPGA-Core-hours, disk quota, HPC cluster etc.) and the reason for the change No, currently the NHR compute time regulations don't permit an increase beyond 25% of the initially granted resources. Please contact us at pc2-support@uni-paderborn.de so that we can find a solution in your individual case.
NHR-normal
NHR-starter depending on needs, request on demand
small The resources of a small project can be increased up to the limit of small projects (see resource overview table).
  • If the principal investigator has multiple small projects, then the sum of resources of these projects must not exceed the limit for a small project.
fpga
test depending on needs, request on demand

In­form­a­tion for Ex­ist­ing Com­pute Time Pro­jects

Step 1: Project start. If you do not have a running project and want to apply, check the main system access page

  • Check the prerequisites
  • Find the right project type
  • Apply for resources

Step 2: Manage your running compute time project

  • Get access (user accounts and project membership)
  • Change the compute contingent, file system quota or HPC system

Step 3: Reporting

  • (For multi-year project only) Short progress report
  • Acknowledgment statement for publications
  • Templates for reports

Step 4: (Optional) Extend project duration

  • Process to extend a running project

Step 5: Project end

  • Data management
  • Final project report