Requesting Accounts & Project Numbers

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