Allocations and Accounts

Time on the HPC cluster is allocated.

• An allocation refers to a block of CPU time that you can use to run your computations.
• Only faculty may request an allocation. Research staff may apply for an exception.
  • Students must be sponsored by a faculty or research staff.
  • All individuals on a given allocation share the service units.
• Allocations may be requested at https://www.rc.virginia.edu/userinfo/rivanna/allocations/
• Allocations are measured in service units (SUs), where 1 SU = 1 core-hour in most cases. Nodes equipped with GPUs may charge more than one SU per core-hour.