Apply for resources - Services for Research
Applying for resources
Those who do not need to pay for their usage, can apply for resources. See the principles of allocating resources for information on how resources are granted to academic projects.
The upcoming deadlines for resource applications:
Monday, October 31st, 2022, at 10 am
Monday, November 21st, 2022, at 10 am
Tuesday, December 13th, 2022, at 10 am
Monday, January 9th, 2023, at 10 am
CSC Resource Allocation Group decides L size billing unit applications, LUMI Regular and Development Access applications, and large data storage (disk quota) applications in its meetings following these deadlines.
Billing units
You can apply for more billing units for your project by filling out an application form in MyCSC.
| Package size | Billing units | Deadline | How to apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 100 000 | no | see instructions on how to apply for billing units |
| M | 1 000 000 | no | |
| L | more | yes |
The need of billing units should be estimated for a period of 3–6 months. The maximum grant is 10 million billing units. You may use the granted resources in all services that consume billing units.
Other resources
Besides billing units, you can apply for system quotas. Below you will find information on how to adjust them.
The quotas are per project if not stated otherwise.
Disk space in Puhti
| Resource | Default quota | Deadline | How to apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space in Home (per user) | 10 GiB | – | not changeable |
| Space in ProjAppl | 50 GiB | yes | see instructions on how to increase disk quotas in Puhti |
| Space in Scratch | 1 TiB | yes | |
| Files in Home (per user) | 100 000 | – | not changeable |
| Files in ProjAppl | 100 000 | yes | see instructions on how to increase disk quotas in Puhti |
| Files in Scratch | 1 000 000 | yes | |
| Nodes per job | 100 | – | not changeable |
Disk space and large jobs in Mahti
| Resource | Default quota | Deadline | How to apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Space in Home (per user) | 10 GiB | – | not changeable |
| Space in ProjAppl | 50 GiB | yes | see instructions on how to increase disk quotas in Mahti |
| Space in Scratch | 1 TiB | yes | |
| Files in Home (per user) | 100 000 | – | not changeable |
| Files in ProjAppl | 100 000 | yes | see instructions on how to increase disk quotas in Mahti |
| Files in Scratch | 1 000 000 | yes | |
| Nodes per job | 20 | no | see instructions on how to get access to the large partition in Mahti |
Storage space in Allas
If you need to store more than 200 TiB in Allas, please contact servicedesk@csc.fi in order to agree with CSC about storage terms and possible costs.
| Resource | Default quota | Deadline | How to apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage | 10 TiB | no | email servicedesk@csc.fi |
| Buckets per project | 1 000 | – | not changeable |
| Objects per bucket | 500 000 | – | not changeable |
| Object size | 5 GiB | – | not changeable |
Cloud quotas in cPouta and ePouta
| Resource | Default quota | Deadline | How to apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instances | 8 | no | email servicedesk@csc.fi |
| Cores | 8 | no | |
| Memory | 32 GiB | no | |
| Floating IPs | 2 | no | |
| Storage | 1 TiB | no |
Cloud quotas in Rahti
| Resource | Default quota | Deadline | How to apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| OpenShift projects per user | 5 | no | email servicedesk@csc.fi |
| Pods per OpenShift project | 20 | no | |
| Virtual cores per pod | 2 | no | |
| Virtual cores per container | 2 | no | |
| Memory per pod | 8 GiB | no | |
| Memory per container | 8 GiB | no | |
| Storage per OpenStack project | 50 GiB | no | |
| Number of image streams per OpenStack project | 10 | no | |
| Size of image stream | 5 GiB | no |
Disk space in Kaivos
| Resource | Default quota | Deadline | How to apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disk space | – | no | see instructions on how to increase disk space in Kaivos |
Storage space in Fairdata IDA
| Resource | Default quota | Deadline | How to apply? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storage | – | no | see instructions on how to apply for IDA storage space |
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.