Accounts & Project Numbers on SeaWulf
Quick guide for accessing HPC resources
Overview:
- Project Number: Needed to allocate compute resources and storage. Only request if your group does not already have one.
- Account: Provides individual access to SeaWulf resources. Requires a project number.
Important: Only Stony Brook faculty and Brookhaven Lab staff can request new projects. Collaborators should request accounts under an existing project.
Requesting an Account
1
Gather Information
NetID, Project PI, and Project Number.
2
Submit Request
Use the IACS ticketing system.
External collaborators: If you don’t have a NetID, your PI submits a volunteer affiliation form to Sarena Romano. After NetID creation, submit the account request via IACS.
Requesting a Project
Only request a project if your group does not already have one. Submit a single-page PDF via IACS ticketing system.
Eligibility
- Stony Brook faculty
- Brookhaven Lab staff
- New York State companies
Required Information
- Project goals and computational needs
- CPU/GPU hours, RAM, nodes, expected job duration
- Software packages needed
- Collaborator names and NetIDs
- Disk space (Home 20GB, Scratch 20TB). An additional project space (up to 10TB) can be requested as described here.
Approved projects receive a project number by email. Use it for all future account requests.
After Submission
- Committee review
- Email notification of approval
- Approved projects get a unique project number for account requests and resource allocations