Creating a Project at MUSICA¶

Creating a New Project¶

Logging in to the Service Page¶

Select your organization after clicking 'Login via ACOnet Federation' and log in using your organization's credentials.

Other organizations

If your organization is not listed, you need to go to 'Sign up' and create a local account. This account has to be manually activated by us, after which you will be notified. Should you have done that already, use the option 'Login with local ASC Account'

Requesting a New Project¶

Click 'create project' in the upper right corner.

Select the appropriate project type (currently fixed to test).

Provide a project title (it need not match any official title).

Institute, subunit, or department for which the project is conducted is set automatically.

During the test phase there will be no parent projects, so please leave that at 'no parent project'

Indicate whether the project involves Personal Data in accordance with GDPR.

Click 'Create'.

Project Types¶

Test: For the current open test phase. Not billed or accounted.

Other types are not yet possible.

Adding Project Details¶

Following project creation, you will receive a unique project ID and a dedicated project page.

Your affiliation and role as the project manager will be automatically assigned.

You will receive an email outlining the next steps.

Selecting a Resource Pool¶

On the project page, select 'request resources':

ASC: There is currently only one aption, ASC, which will cover all our own clusters (VSC-X and MUSICA)

Choose the desired option and click OK, then input the required details:

The start date is pre-set to the current date but may be adjusted if necessary.
Enter a short description of the project.
List the software to be utilized.
Set the default computing site. Currently, only Vienna can be used.
Set the hardware type you expect to mainly use.
Describe the anticipated number of nodes, cores and/or GPUs (for feasibility assessment).
At the bottom, enter the needed amount of tokens (see description below) and the intended duration (in days). Both are fixed for the test run.

Click 'send request' to go to the storage step

The storage resources can normally be left at default values, unless specific values are already known to be needed.

Resource Types¶

Token Budget: Estimated amount of computational resources required. Extendable during the project. This covers core-h, GPU-h and memory. Currently fixed to 100000.

Project End: Duration of the project in days from the start date. Extendible even post-expiration. Default is 366 days; test projects are limited to 90 days.

$DATA Files: Number of files in the DATA storage volume. Default is 1 million, extendible. Currently fixed to 1 Mio.

$DATA Size: Size of the DATA storage volume in GB. Default is 10TB, extendible up to 100TB. Larger sizes require discussion. Currently fixed at 10TB.

$SCRATCH Size: Size of the fast SCRATCH storage volume in GB. Default is 5TB, extendible. Currently fixed to 5TB.

Uploading Required Files¶

If applicable, upload the necessary documents in the 'Files' tab:

Test Phase

No documents of any sort are needed during the test phase.

Project description (2-4 pages). [every project type except test and private]
Proof of funding for funded projects.
Reviewer list (minimum of 3) for internal projects.
Quota or contract for core hours for external projects.
GDPR data handling contract if Personal Data is involved.

You will receive a confirmation email for each uploaded file.

Once all required files are uploaded (or if no files are needed), click 'request review' in the Overview tab to request a technical review.

Review Process¶

Technical Approval¶

The ASC team will review the project to ensure feasibility and resolve any administrative or technical issues.

Currently, there is no other review during testing.

You will receive an email notification once the project is approved.

Adding Users¶

New User Management

In contrast to the existing system, users are now independent of the projects and only one user exists per real person. One user can get access to several projects.

In the Users&Groups tab, type part of the username, e-mail or real name to find a user. Click on the desired result and the suer will show up under 'Member Invites'. As soon as you have found all desired suers, click 'submit' to invite them to your project.
Once the user accepted, they will show up under 'Project members'.

usernames

Currently, usernames are generated automatically and cannot be chosen or changed.

new users

If the desired user cannot be found, you can just enter the mail address and create an invite. You have to enter first and last name before submitting.

The user will receive an email with the invite.

Each user has their own management page at 'user info' on the left side. Clicking there will show a page with all your relevant user information, including the user specific storage resources:

$HOME Files: Number of files in the HOME storage volume. Default is 1 million, extendible. Currently fixed to 1 Mio.

$HOME Size: Size of the HOME storage volume in GB. Default is 50GB, non extendible.

Users may now use the resources of the project.

For further assistance, please contact us via the support page.