.. _rcic:

Introduction
============

The Research Cyberinfrastructure Center :term:`RCIC` at the University of California, Irvine
deploys and supports resources for the UCI research community is the focal point of contact
for providing High Performance Computing clusters and Scalable Storage Systems.
:ref:`dedicated staff` provides hardware and software support to the campus research community
which include:

.. table:: 
   :class: noscroll-table

   +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | :section:`Computing Cluster`                                                                |
   |   :ref:`HPC3 <hpc3>`                                                                        |
   |     A scalable cluster-based computing infrastructure, UCI's next generation                |
   |     of shared computing supporting a *condo* and *pay-per-cycle* models.                    |
   +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | :section:`Storage Systems for storing and analyzing research data`                          |
   |   :ref:`crsp`                                                                               |
   |     Campus Research Storage Pool. Highly-reliable, encrypted-at-rest, scalable              |
   |     data storage system available across the UCI campus network.                            |
   |                                                                                             |
   |   :ref:`dfs`                                                                                |
   |     Cluster Parallel File Storage System  is high-quality/high-performance data             |
   |     storage directly attached to HPC3.                                                      |
   +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
   | :section:`On-boarding to specialized compliant resources`                                   |
   |   These resources are used for data that can not be appropriately stored/analyzed on RCIC.  |
   |                                                                                             |
   |   `Sherlock <https://sherlock.sdsc.edu/>`_                                                  |
   |      is SDSC's **DOD-compliant**, **HIPAA-Compliant** secure computing and storage enclave. |
   |                                                                                             |
   |   `Secure Research Environment (SRE) <https://www.oit.uci.edu/services/security/sre/>`_     |
   |      is OIT's service that provides a secure, on-campus virtual server                      |
   |      infrastructure for the UCI campus research community.                                  |
   +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

.. _access:

Access
------

| The :ref:`allocations` explains the access to the computing and storage resources.
| Access to all RCIC resources requires a `UCInetID <https://www.oit.uci.edu/services/accounts-passwords/ucinetids/>`_.
| Access to all RCIC resources is subject to our `Acceptable Use Policy </_static/RCIC-Acceptable-Use-Policy.pdf>`_.
| Faculty can `sponsor external collaborators <https://uci.service-now.com/sp?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0012503>`_ to provide and share access.

.. _grant:

Grant Support
-------------

Please see the `HPC3 Description </_static//RCIC-description.pdf>`_  that can be used in grant applications.

.. _acknowledge:

How to Acknowledge RCIC
-----------------------

Papers, presentations, and other publications featuring work that relied on RCIC
resources, services or expertise should include the following acknowledgement
text as a citation:

  .. admonition:: Acknowledgement

     This work utilized the infrastructure for high-performance and high-throughput computing,
     research data storage and analysis, and scientific software tool integration built, operated,
     and updated by the Research Cyberinfrastructure Center (RCIC) at the University of California,
     Irvine (UCI). The RCIC provides cluster-based systems, application software, and scalable
     storage to directly support the UCI research community.
     https://rcic.uci.edu