1. Introduction

The Research Cyberinfrastructure Center 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. Our team provides hardware and software support to the campus research community which include:

Computing Cluster
HPC3

A scalable cluster-based computing infrastructure, UCI’s next generation of shared computing supporting a condo and pay-per-cycle models.
Storage Systems for storing and analyzing research data
CRSP

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

DFS

Cluster Parallel File Storage System is high-quality/high-performance data storage directly attached to HPC3.
On-boarding to specialized compliant resources

These resources are used for data that can not be appropriately stored/analyzed on RCIC.

Sherlock

is SDSC’s DOD-compliant, HIPAA-Compliant secure computing and storage enclave.

Secure Research Environment (SRE)

is OIT’s service that provides a secure, on-campus virtual server infrastructure for the UCI campus research community.

1.1. Access

The Resource Allocations explains the access to the computing and storage resources.
Access to all RCIC resources requires a UCInetID.
Access to all RCIC resources is subject to our Acceptable Use Policy.
Faculty can sponsor external collaborators to provide and share access.

1.2. Grant Support

Please see the HPC3 Description that can be used in grant applications.

1.3. 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 as a citation:

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