.. _rcic:

Introduction
============

The Research Cyberinfrastructure Center :term:`RCIC` at the University of California, Irvine 
deploys and supports resources for the UCI research community is the focal point of contact
for providing High Performance Computing clusters and Scalable Storage Systems. These include:

**Computing Cluster**
  :ref:`hpc3` is a scalable cluster-based computing infrastructure, UCI's next generation of 
  shared computing supporting both a condo and pay-per-cycle model.
  UCI has purchased both CPU and GPU nodes hardware as part of HPC3. Annual funds are 
  used to add to this resource enabling RCIC to provide no-cost allocations to a larger 
  fraction of the UCI research community.

  HPC3 includes a rich collection of domain-specific :ref:`modules` software packages.


**Storage Systems**
  These storage Systems  are used for storing and analyzing research data:

  - :ref:`crsp` - Campus Research Storage Pool. Highly-reliable, encrypted-at-rest, scalable data 
    storage system available across the UCI campus network.

    CRSP is funded through central campus to guarantee a fixed amount of no-cost storage to any
    faculty member or staff researcher who requests space. These campus funds pay for the people,
    the baseline infrastructure, and vendor maintenance required to provide the robust infrastructure.
  - :ref:`dfs` -  Cluster Parallel File Storage System  is high-quality/high-performance data 
    storage directly attached to HPC3.

**On-boarding to specialized compliant resources**
  Specialized resources are used for data that can not be appropriately stored/analyzed on RCIC resources:

  - `Sherlock <https://sherlock.sdsc.edu/>`_ is SDSC's **DOD-compliant**, **HIPAA-Compliant** 
    secure computing and storage enclave.
  - `Secure Research Environment (SRE) <https://www.oit.uci.edu/services/security/sre/>`_ is OIT's
    service that provides a secure, on-campus virtual server infrastructure for the UCI campus research community.

:ref:`dedicated staff` provides hardware and software support to the campus research community.

The :ref:`allocations` explains the access to the computing and storage resources. 

.. _access:

Access
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- Access to all RCIC resources requires a `UCINetID <https://www.oit.uci.edu/services/accounts-passwords/ucinetids/>`_.
- Access to all RCIC resources is subject to our `Acceptable Use Policy </_static/RCIC-Acceptable-Use-Policy.pdf>`_.
- Faculty can `sponsor external collaborators <https://uci.service-now.com/sp?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0012503>`_
  to provide and share access.

.. _grant:

Grant Support
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Please see the `HPC3 Description </_static//RCIC-description.pdf>`_  that can be used in grant applications.

.. _acknowledge:

How to Acknowledge RCIC
-----------------------

Papers, presentations, and other publications featuring work that relied on RCIC
resources, services or expertise should include the following acknowledgement text:

.. admonition:: Acknowledgement

   This work utilized the infrastructure for high-performance and high-throughput computing,
   research data storage and analysis, and scientific software tool integration built, operated,
   and updated by the Research Cyberinfrastructure Center (RCIC) at the University of California,
   Irvine (UCI). The RCIC provides cluster-based systems, application software, and scalable
   storage to directly support the UCI research community.
   https://rcic.uci.edu