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CF: Services: High Performance Computing: Account Request
 

Note

To request an account on Hydra, you must be in the CfA/SAO staff database (aka SDF) and you must read and sign a Computer Account User Agreement Policy - aka SD 931.
If you are not in the SDF or have not signed an SD 931, check with your division administrator and/or your sponsor/supervisor.


This page is for CfA/SAO staff or affiliates users only.
Other SI staff/affiliates should contact si-hpc@si.edu.

Information about Hydra

  • You can look on the HPC Wiki for information on the cluster;
  • The cluster usage policy is available here;
  • The current status of the cluster can be checked here.

Account Request

If you are a CfA/SAO staff, predoc, postdoc, collaborator, or, visitor,
 + have been entered in the SDF, and
 + have signed an SD 931,
please fill in the following information:
  • First Name:
  • Last Name:
  • Division:
  • PES:
  • i.e. SDF Affiliation or Primary Employment Status, see SED FAQ;
    (*) If you are not an SAO employee, please also provide the following:
    • Full Name Supervisor:
    • Email of Supervisor:
    Note that you need to have your supervisor to sponsor your application via a separate email to the SAO's HPC analyst (hpc@cfa.harvard.edu).
  • CfA canonical email:
  • CfA username(s):
  • i.e. CF, HEA, etc... account(s) username(s) you may have;
  • Work Address:
  • i.e. room number if at CfA, full work address if not at CfA;
  • Familiarity with Linux:
  • on a scale of 1 to 3, where 3 means expert;
  • HPC experience?
  • Yes No i.e. Have you used a compute cluster before?
  • Planned use:
  • A short description of what you plan to use the cluster for;
  • Acknowledge policy:
  • Yes No You must acknowledge having read the cluster usage policy (linked here).
Enter Email address(es) to whom to send a copy this request:

Once filled, your request, or this form.
You must be on a trusted machine or use CfA's VPN to submit this form.


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