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NCI-Sydney Scheme

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Last updated: Dec 11, 2024
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Sydney purchases bulk Service Units each Quarter to distribute to researchers needing computing on the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) facilities. Each active Sydney Scheme-NCI project is allocated 1 KSU by default each Quarter.

If you require a new Project or a new NCI Account visit https://my.nci.org.au/ to get started. Select “University of Sydney” when Choosing an Allocation Scheme. Starting from Q1 2025, New projects will automatically be allocated 1 KSU.

Read the docs at https://opus.nci.org.au/ for details on the types of workloads you can run on NCI facilities.

For Service Units beyond the Sydney Scheme, consider alternate methods of access at: https://nci.org.au/users/how-access-nci

Additional Service Unit Requests

All projects that perform computational work within the current Quarter will be allocated 1 KSU for the next Quarter. If you exhaust your allocation or anticipate requiring more computing time, you may request additional Service Units in the management portal: http://nci.sydney.edu.au

Note: you must be on the Sydney University network to access the portal.

A Service Unit (SU) is the currency of NCI. Different computational requirements (large memory, gpu, cpu, etc) charge different amounts. SU are often reported as KSU (1,000 SU) and MSU (1,000,000 SU).

Please contact nci-sydney.scheme@sydney.edu.au with any issues or questions.

NCI Facilities

Gadi

The national High Performance Computer similar to Sydney’s former Artemis HPC.

Nirin

Self-provision “virtual machine” service, “cloud” computing using “OpenStack”.

Australian Research Environment (ARE)

Allows for one-click compute “Virtual Research Desktop” resources using “Open OnDemand”. Provides Jupyter and RStudio instances.