# ACCESS INTRO: NSF Computing Resources Overview

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Requires a Duke NetID 
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ACCESS (Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support) is a program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) that provides researchers and educators with access to advanced computing, data analysis, and storage resources. It offers a variety of computing systems, such as GPUs, large-memory nodes, and storage, to support a wide range of research and educational needs. Users can apply for an allocation, which grants them project-specific resource units to utilize these resources for their research or classroom projects, without needing an NSF award.

## Available Compute

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ACCESS provides various HPC resources, including:

* **SLURM based HPC**: A workload manager for scheduling and managing compute jobs.
* **Virtual Machines**: Flexible environments for custom configurations.
* **GPU Compute**: High-performance graphics processing units for parallel computing tasks.
* **Large Memory Nodes**: Systems designed for memory-intensive applications.
* **Cloud Computing**: Virtual resources for scalable computing.
* **Tape Storage**: Long-term archival storage for large datasets.
* **Specialized Hardware**: Unique architectures like the Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine (largest chip ever built) for AI acceleration.

## Who is Elgible

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### Recommended Resources

#### Jetstream 2 GPU:

Jetstream2 GPU is a hybrid-cloud platform that provides flexible, on-demand, virtual machines with preloaded software and root admin access.  This particular portion of the resource is allocated separately from the primary resource and contains 360 NVIDIA A100 GPUs -- 4 GPUs per node, 128 AMD Milan cores, and 512gb RAM connected by 100gbps ethernet to the spine. (ACCESS Website)

## How to login

1. Go to the login portal - <https://allocations.access-ci.org/login>
2. Select Duke as login provider and login with NetID

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## Review project types: <https://allocations.access-ci.org/project-types>

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## Request Resources

User can either request access to Duke's Campus Champion allocation or request an individual project.&#x20;

#### Duke Campus Champion allocation&#x20;

The Campus Champion allocation is designed to provide instant access to compute for the Duke community. To request access email <tom.milledge@duke.edu> and cc <sanjeev.chauhan@duke.edu>

#### Requesting a project

Once logged in, head to the my project page and request a new project.

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