Apply for resources - Services for Research
Applying for resources
The upcoming deadlines for resource applications:
Tuesday, May 26th, 2020, at 10 am
Monday, June 15th, 2020, at 10 am
Monday, July 6th, 2020, at 10 am
Monday, August 3rd, 2020, at 10 am
Monday, August 24th, 2020, at 10 am
These deadlines are for resource applications of Size L for Academic projects. Smaller applications and applications for Commercial projects are handled continuously.
You can apply for your project additional resources by filling in an application form in the customer portal. See application instructions.
The need of billing units (BU) should be estimated for the period of 3–6 months. The maximum grant is 5 million billing units. You may use granted resources on all services that consume billing units.
See the principles of allocating resources for information about how resources are granted for academic projects.
Storage space for projects
Every project has by default 10 TiB storage space on Allas and little over 1 TiB on Puhti cluster. On Puhti every project can have up to 1.1 million files. If you hit these limits, it is possible to increase them. Send the following information to us:
- Project code (e.g. ay1888, 2000040)
- Quota that you want to increase (e.g. Puhti Scratch)
- Requested new quota (TiB or number of files)
Our email address is servicedesk@csc.fi.
Default quotas:
| Service and disk area | Capacity | Files |
|---|---|---|
| Allas | 10 TiB | |
| Puhti Scratch | 1 TiB | 1 000 000 |
| Puhti ProjAppl | 50 GiB | 100 000 |
Other Resources
Grid usage
Grid usage is possible by applying for a server certificate and authorized access to grid networks provided by CSC (e.g. FGCI, NorduGrid, PRACE).
Database service
CSC's database service provides researchers a possibility to create their own MySQL databases. The application form for the database service always relates to customer's computing project. See user instructions at Kaivos database service user guide.
Application form for database service (PDF)
The Language Bank of Finland
The Language Bank of Finland provides services for language research as well as other digital humanities and social sciences. More information in the Language Bank Portal.
Massive Parallel Computing
For massive parallel computing the applicant must establish the scalability of the used program. To be able to run the necessary scalability tests you need a valid user account on preferred CSC computer. More information at rinnakkaislaskenta@csc.fi.