Difference between revisions of "Resources for Research"

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Most CAEDM resources can be used for research. Some software licensing limitations may apply. Research teams may choose to use CAEDM groups for their collaborative efforts.

Many resources available through CAEDM may be instrumental to research groups within the college.

CAEDM Labs

Most software in the CAEDM labs can be used for research purposes. If there is an exception, usually a warning is added by CAEDM when the software loads that it cannot be used for research. Students and faculty may use CAEDM computers to complete research, but may not lock unattended workstations for long periods of time. Long term computing should use the batch cluster.

Remote Computing

Research assistants and faculty may choose to use some of CAEDM's remote computing resources. Remote computing resources include access to software through RGS, Citrix ans SSH among others.

CAEDM Groups

All group collaboration resources may be useful to research groups within the college, but specifically, CAEDM groups may provide:

• Group Filespace; a shared group filespace with separate quota
• Group Webspace
• Group Data Base access
• Group Printing; print from a common pool of money
• Scratch Space; a place for large temporary files

Batch Processing

The college maintains a Linux batch cluster. It has dozens of nodes, and runs a simple implementation of PBS Torque, similar to the scheduler found in the BYU Fulton Supercomputing Lab. Results from batch jobs may be saved on the J Drive, or in a group space. Any software on the CAEDM Linux machines will be available on the batch cluster.

Printing

Research funds may be used to print to CAEDM printers and plotters. Research groups can create a CAEDM group, and add group printing to their group.