Getting Set Up
Who should read this? New student or faculty that want access to Research Computing Resources for research or academic purposes. Faculty bringing a new student on to your team.
Here is a short list of things to do in order to get started. These will differ for each individual. Faculty can place requests for students
Review the Research Computing Systems so you are familiar with which systems are appropriate for you.
Request compute system access, selecting the systems you need access to.
Request to be added to the proper research share/folder.
Request to be added to other groups, if applicable.
Who can get access to research computing systems?
Q. Who is allowed to get access to computational servers or clusters?
All PSU faculty, researchers assistants, graduate students, undergraduates, staff, and administrators with legitimate academic research computing needs and an Odin ID. Non-PSU affiliated faculty and students may also get access to PSU systems, with sponsorship and affiliate Odin account.
Some systems may have restrictions on who is allowed access and for how long.
Q. Who is allowed to request network data storage? Who is allowed to use this?
Research network shares (data storage) must be requested and owned by full-time faculty, staff, or administration. There are long-term ramifications of data ownership. They may request access to their share for anyone with a current Odin ID.
How do I request access to systems?
You can find Research Computing forms at the OIT Help Center. https: go.pdx.edu/help. The most commonly used forms for Research Computing are list here.
I want to get a research computing account. use the Research Account and Access form Users can raise their own request or faculty can raise it for them.
I want to request a new research share or modify an existing share (owner must be faculty or staff) - use the Research share request form. This must be submitted by a share owner.
Add or remove users from an existing research share (requestor must be an owner) - user the I Drive request form. This must be submitted by a share owner.