SLING National Open Access
Access and use of supercomputer capacities in open access are governed by the Rules for access and use of supercomputer capacities in open access, which were adopted by the SLING Council at its regular meeting on February 1, 2023. They refer to clusters of those organizations or system administrators included in the SLING consortium who want to offer part of their capacities for general, open use in a uniform and organized manner to all eligible users in Slovenia.
Within the framework of SLING, on the basis of these rules, it is possible to obtain part of the supercomputing capacities of the following clusters:
- Vega – Institute of Information Sciences, IZUM Maribor
- Arnes – Arnes, Ljubljana
Beneficiaries
Beneficiaries for capacity allocation can be individual applicants or groups. When the capacity is assigned to a group, the applicant must specify in the application the person who conducts the research and is responsible for the list of participants in the research who use the allocated capacities. The type and size of the allocated capacity depends on the role and importance of the project, so that all users or groups who are entitled to apply can submit a project proposal for any of the envisaged types of projects.
Details of eligible users and groups can be found here.
Types of projects and calls
When registering a project, the applicant must choose one of the planned types of projects listed below that best suits the purpose of the application. Projects differ in purpose, amount of allocated resources, and time limit for resource allocation.
- Large research project (LRP)
They are large projects intended for production use, as well as for the development of software systems and algorithms, adaptation of existing software, or methodology testing of specific scientific prototypes, when large amounts of computing resources or data stores must be used for the process or due to the amount of data.
You can read more about large research projects here.
Open calls:- Call for the allocation of SLING resources for large research projects (Start date: 6/3/2024 – End date: 30/4/2024) – Submit your aplication
Systems Resources available for projects altogether (node hours) Resources available for projects altogether (core hours) HPC Vega – CPU 1.000.000 128.000.000 HPC Vega – GPU 80.000 10.240.000 - Regural research projects (RRPs)
Regular research projects are projects intended for production use of supercomputing capacities or data storage allocations when the requirements are not very large.
You can read more about regular research projects here.
Open calls:- Call for the allocation of SLING resources for regular research projects (Start date: 6/3/2024 – End date: 30/4/2024) – Submit your application
Systems Resources available for projects altogether (node hours) Resources available for projects altogether (core hours) HPC Vega – CPU 800.000 102.400.000 HPC Vega – GPU 50.000 6.400.000 Arnes – CPU 200.000 25.600.000 Arnes – GPU 40.000 / - Development projects (DP)
Development projects are mainly aimed at the development of software and algorithms. A development project can also be a research project with limited resource needs, a test or development project, or a project with specific goals, for example for data post-processing and visualization.
You can read more about development projects here.
Permanent call:- Call for the allocation of SLING resources for development projects – Submit your application
Systems Resources available for projects altogether (node hours) Resources available for projects altogether (core hours) HPC Vega – CPU 10.000 1.280.000 HPC Vega – GPU 1.000 128.000 Arnes – CPU 5.000 640.000 Arnes – GPU 1.000 /
- Call for the allocation of SLING resources for development projects – Submit your application
- Test projects (TP)
Test projects are intended for new users of the SLING infrastructure to learn how to use the available systems and to test the software and algorithms before preparing a larger project proposal. It is also suitable for existing users who need to assign testing of new software or applications and want to prepare appropriate comparative analyses, as well as analyzes of efficiency and scalability.
You can read more about the test projects here.
Permanent call:- Call for the allocation of SLING resources for test projects – Submit your application
Systems Resources available for projects altogether (node hours) Resources available for projects altogether (core hours) HPC Vega – CPU 5.000 625.000 HPC Vega – GPU 400 51.200 Arnes – CPU 2.500 320.000 Arnes – GPU 400 / - Call for the allocation of SLING resources for test projects – Submit your application
