Cades SHPC Condo Exemption Request:

Special Request Form

The form below should be used to request exceptions to current CADES resource policies. Please contact cades-help@ornl.gov with questions or comments.

Type of Request*
- Purge Exemption Request Form - request temporary relief from the scratch disk purge.
- Relaxed Queue Limit - request deviations from the standard batch queue policy. Typical requests would be for increased priority for one (or several) jobs or an increased wall-time limit.
- System Reservation - request dedicated access to some or all of the machine.
- Disk Quota Increase Request Form - request an increased disk quota (user or project areas).

User ID*
Email*
Name*
Systems*
- CADES Open
- CADES Moderate
- Other
Condo Name (e.g. CADES-CCSD)*
Directory (Please give the full path)*
Current Amount of data stored in this directory*
New requested quota for the specified NFS persistent storage directory:*
Requested length of time between purges*
Current Limit*
Estimated amount of data that will be stored in this directory*
How long do you require this exception?*
Describe why you require an exemption.*
Describe the steps that you have taken to run within the defaults*
Describe how you are currently using NFS (your home directory /home/user_id or your project directory /nfs/data/project_ID.*
Describe the type of data (job input/output, binaries, source code) that will be stored.*
Requested date and time to start reservation*
(e.g. 2011-12-01 8:00 AM)
Requested date and time to end reservation*
(e.g. 2011-12-01 8:00 AM)
Number of processors to be reserved (or 'all' for entire system)*
Please list any other special requirements for this reservation.*
Who should be contacted if any problems develop during the reservation (please include email and phone number)?*
Type of request*
Other, please describe.*
Total number of jobs to be run with relaxed limits*
Walltime required per job*
Number of processors required per job*
How long do you require these relaxed limits?*
Describe why you are unable to run within queue's default limits.*
Include any steps taken to run within the default limits. If you have attempted to run your jobs with the default limits, please give information for these jobs (JobID, Queue Wait Time, Walltime, etc.)
If you currently have jobs in the queue that require relaxed limits, please list them here.*
Does your code have the ability to create restart files?*
Describe your code including its name and whether you have access to the source.*
Phone
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Cades Cloud Extra Resources Request:

Use this form if you are requesting cloud resources beyond what is offered with a Birthright account.

Cloud Resource Request to the CADES RUC

This request form is only required if your cloud project need is more than any one of following: 128 CPU cores, 64G of RAM, 1TB of disk storage, Access to GPUs, or you require multiple users with access to the same cloud project. Note: virtual machine access is controlled separately from the cloud project).

If your request does exceed any of the above criteria, please fill in the following form:

Principle Investigator Name*
First Last
Email*
Phone
ORNL Affiliation (Directorate/Division/Group)
Project Information
Project Name*
For how long will you need these resources?*
Projects are approved for time intervals of 3 to 12 months. (Please provide end date of the project.)
Date Format: MM slash DD slash YYYY
Project Overview*
(1 paragraph or less)
Number of Cores needed:
Please enter a number greater than or equal to 0.
Total RAM needed:
(in GB)
Please enter a number greater than or equal to 0.
Total GPUs needed:
Please enter a number greater than or equal to 0.
Maximum number of Instances (VMs) needed:
Please enter a number greater than or equal to 0.
Number of users and UIDs
(Please provide the names and UIDs of the users who will need access to your cloud project. (This may be provided after your resources are granted.)
Usage Description Information:*
Users, Duty cycle (percentage of use), Preemptible or not (i.e., does your code use checkpoint/restart), etc.
Strategic Impact (Optional):
Impact on ORNL programs, possibility of funding etc. (1-2 Paragraphs)
Storage and Data Requirements
Data Service and Software Needs
Please provide any details about:
1. Analytics toolkits (e.g., off the shelf, or will you be developing those yourself)
2. Simulation software/libraries
3. Data provenance tools, long-term data preservation tools, DOIs, etc.
Amount of NFS space requested
(in TB)
Please enter a number greater than or equal to 0.
Data security considerations:*
(Open, Moderate, PHI, etc.)
Amount of disk-based archival space requested
(in TB)
Please enter a number greater than or equal to 0.
What are your data retention requirements?
- NFS
- Archival
Do you have any special data transfer requirements?
For example, will you be moving a large amount of data from sites external to CADES?
Phone
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Cades SHPC Condo Exemption Request:

Special Request Form

Cades Cloud Extra Resources Request:

Cloud Resource Request to the CADES RUC

Project Information

Storage and Data Requirements