Accounts
In order to use HPC computational resources at LSU, users must first request an account. LSU faculty, research staff, graduate and undergraduate students, research collaborators, and other affiliates are eligible to request an account. Accounts and usage of the HPC@LSU resources are offered at no financial charge, but carry a value of approximately $0.1/core-hour.
Users are, however, asked to acknowledge their use of LSU HPC resources in resulting publications and reports with the following statement:
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Portions of this research were conducted with high performance computational resources provided by Louisiana State University (http://www.hpc.lsu.edu).
Account Requests
User accounts on LSU HPC Systems (Tezpur, Pelican, Philip, and Pandora) require a valid LSU email address and LSU affiliated sponsor. LSU students, postdoctoral researchers, or research associates may use their advisor as their sponsor. Non-LSU collaborators must be sponsored by a LSU faculty member or research associate. Upon making a request, a form will be emailed to you with a link to the account creation page. Once the form is submitted, and the information verified, the account will be created.
In order to use the LONI computational resources, a user must first request a LONI account. Any LONI affiliate or a collaborator of a LONI affiliate may request a LONI account. If you don't have a LONI account, you can request one at the LONI website.
Account Management
The above link allows you to change your password and update the contact information in your user profile.
HPC Allocations
An allocation is a block of computer time measured in core-hours (number of processing cores requested times the amount of wall-clock time used in hours). Users of LSU@HPC computational resources may be required to request an allocation of compute time for some resources. All users of LONI HPC users must request an allocation of computer time. All requests require submission of a proposal justifying the use of the resources.
HPC@LSU Support
HPC@LSU provides consulation and administrative support for the LONI and LSU supercomputers.
For additional information see:
- Storage Allocation Policy
- Storage Allocation Policy (in PDF format.)
- System Usage Policy
- System Usage Policy (in PDF format.)
- System Allocation Policy
- Allocation Policy Enactment Memo
Any other questions or comments may be directed to sys-help@loni.org.
