System Allocations

Access to Granite is granted via:

  • An allocation through the Illinois Computes program.

  • A direct investment in the Granite system (for costs, refer to Granite Pricing).

Allocations are granted in quantities of TB.

How to Request an Allocation

Note

If you don’t already have an NCSA account, create an NCSA Kerberos account. Once requested, Kerberos account creation may take up to 24 hours.

Illinois Computes Program

Illinois Computes is targeted at providing computing for all. Base level of services and resources are available to Illinois researchers, through Illinois Computes, at no cost.

Follow these steps to request a Granite allocation through Illinois Computes:

  1. Log into the NCSA XRAS portal with your NCSA account username and Kerberos password.

  2. In the Start New Submission tab, click Start a New Illinois Computes Program Submission.

  3. Fill out the submission form, providing as much detail as possible.

  4. Click Submit.

    The Illinois Computes/Granite admins will review your submission and follow up via email if they have any questions or need any additional information.

    You can expect to hear back with a decision on your allocation request within 10 business days of submission (this may be longer if you have been asked to provide additional information).

Direct Investment

You can initiate a direct investment request through one of the following two methods:

Request via Email

Copy the following questions into an email and send to malone12@illinois.edu:

  • Project name:

  • Contact name:

  • Contact email:

  • Allocation Capacity (in TB):

  • CFOP (for billing):

  • Desired Allocation Start Date:

  • Do you agree to the Granite service level agreement (SLA) (Y/N):

  • Are there other contracts required? (Y/N) If so, what are they?

    • Contract # (if applicable):

Request via the NCSA XRAS Portal

  1. Log into the NCSA XRAS portal with your NCSA account username and Kerberos password.

  2. In the Start New Submission tab, click Start a New Granite Submission.

  3. Fill out the submission form, providing as much detail as possible.

    Here is the Granite service level agreement (SLA).

    In the Documents section, if you do not want to submit any supporting documents, click Remove and any “required” document fields will no longer be required to submit the form.

  4. Click Submit.

    The Granite admin group will review your submission and follow up via email if they have any questions or need any additional information.

    You can expect to hear back with a decision on your allocation request within 10 business days of submission (this may be longer if you have been asked to provide additional information).