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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Dear CIG Community;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>XSEDE is now accepting allocation requests for usage beginning October 1, 2013. Please note policy changes, </span><i>**Allocation Request Procedures and Policy Changes:**</i>. <span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The submission deadline is July 15<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>If you need help in submitting your allocation requests, please contact Eric at: <a href="mailto:emheien@geodynamics.org">emheien@geodynamics.org</a><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>XSEDE accepts allocation requests on a quarterly basis with the next application period closing date in mid-October.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Good Luck,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>-Lorraine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>XSEDE User News <<a href="mailto:news@xsede.org">news@xsede.org</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Subject: XSEDE ALLOCATION REQUESTS Open Submission, Guidelines, Resource and Policy Changes</span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Date: </span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>June 15, 2013 11:05:08 AM PDT</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>To: </span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>undisclosed-recipients:;</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Reply-To: </span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>No Reply <<a href="mailto:news@xsede.org">news@xsede.org</a>></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>A new message has been posted to XSEDE User News.<br><br>Categories: General User News<br><br>Posted on 15 Jun, 2013 18:02 UTC by Ken Hackworth<br><br>XSEDE is now accepting Research Allocation Requests for the allocation period, Oct 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014. <span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>The submission period is from June 15, 2013 thru July 15, 2013</span>. Please review the new XSEDE systems and important policy changes (see below) before you submit your allocation request through the "XSEDE User Portal":<a href="http://portal.xsede.org">http://portal.xsede.org</a><br>————————————————————<br>**NEW XSEDE Resources:**<br>See the Resource Catalog for a list of XSEDE compute, visualization and storage resources, and more details on the new systems (<a href="https://portal.xsede.org/web/guest/resources/overview">https://portal.xsede.org/web/guest/resources/overview</a>).<br><br>* **Storage Allocations:** Continuing this submission period, access to XSEDE storage resources along with compute resources will need to be requested and justified, both in the POPS application and the body of the proposal’s main document. The following XSEDE sites will be offering allocatable storage facilities, these are:<br><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>**NICS (HPSS)**<br><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>**PSC (Data SuperCell)**<br><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>**SDSC (Data Oaisis)**<br><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>**TACC (Ranch)**<br> **XSEDE-Wide File System (XWFS)**<br><br>Storage needs have always been part of allocation requests, however, XSEDE will be enforcing the storage awards in unison with the storage sites. Please see (<a href="https://www.xsede.org/storage">https://www.xsede.org/storage</a>).<br><br>* **Mason** (<a href="https://kb.iu.edu/data/bbhh.html">https://kb.iu.edu/data/bbhh.html</a>) at Indiana University is a large memory computer cluster configured to support data-intensive, high-performance computing tasks for researchers using genome assembly software (particularly software suitable for assembly of data from next-generation sequencers), large-scale phylogenetic software, or other genome analysis applications that require large amounts of computer memory. Mason will enter service on the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) in April 2013. Mason has 16 HP DL580 G7 compute nodes, each with four eight-core 1.87 GHz Intel L7555 CPUs, 512 GB memory, 400GB of local scratch disk, and a 10gb Ethernet network interface. Recommended use of Mason is intended to run primarily large memory (>16GB and up to 500GB) serial jobs<br><br><br><br>**Estimated Available Service Units/GB for upcoming meeting:**<br>Georgia Tech HP/NVIDIA (Keeneland) **1,500,000**<br>Indiana University HP DL580 Large Memory Cluster (Mason) **300,000**<br>Indiana University Gateway/Web Service Hosting (Quarry) **40**<br>NICS Cray XT5 (Kraken) **200,000,000**<br>NICS SGI/NVIDIA, Visualization and Data Analysis System (Nautilus) **2,000,000**<br>NICS Long-term tape Archival Storage (HPSS) **300,000**<br>Open Science Grid (OSG) **2,000,000**<br>PSC SGI Altix UV (Blacklight) **7,000,000**<br>PSC Persistent disk storage (Data SuperCell) **100,000**<br>SDSC Appro Linux Cluster (Trestles) **16,000,000**<br>SDSC Appro with Intel Sandy Bridge Cluster (Gordon Compute Cluster) **25,000,000**<br>SDSC Medium-term disk storage (Data Oasis) **250,000**<br>TACC Dell PowerEdge Westmere Linux Cluster (Lonestar) **15,000,000**<br>TACC Dell/NVIDIA Visualization and Data Analysis Cluster (Longhorn) **3,000,000**<br>TACC Dell PowerEdge C8220 Cluster with Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors (Stampede) **175,000,000**<br>TACC Long-term tape Archival Storage (Ranch) **4,000,000**<br>XSEDE-Wide File System (XWFS) **150,000**<br><br><span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>**Allocation Request Procedures and Policy Changes:**</span><br>In the past code performance and scaling was to be a section addressed in all research requests main document, this section seems to have been overlooked by many PIs in the recent quarterly research submission periods which has led to severe reductions or even complete rejection of both new and renewal requests. Starting this quarterly submission period it will be mandatory to upload a scaling and code performance document detailing your code efficiency. Please see section 7.2 Review Criteria, of the Allocations Policy document(<a href="https://portal.xsede.org/group/xup/allocation-policies">https://portal.xsede.org/group/xup/allocation-policies</a>).<br><br>Also, the disclosure of access to other cyberinfrastructure resources(e.g. NSF Blue Waters, DOE INCITE resources,…) should be detailed in the main document. Please see section 7.3 Review Criteria, of the Allocations Policy document(<a href="https://portal.xsede.org/group/xup/allocation-policies">https://portal.xsede.org/group/xup/allocation-policies</a>). The failure to disclose access to these resources could lead to severe reductions or even complete rejection of both new and renewal requests.<br><br><br>Ken Hackworth<br>XSEDE Resource Allocations Coordinator<br><a href="mailto:help@xsede.org">help@xsede.org</a><br><br>----------------------------------------<br>This message was generated by XSEDE User News v3.0. You can view this message in the XSEDE User Portal at <a href="https://portal.xsede.org/web/xup/user-news/-/news/item/6332">https://portal.xsede.org/web/xup/user-news/-/news/item/6332</a>.<br><br>You can manage your XSEDE User News subscriptions at <a href="https://portal.xsede.org/group/xup/user-news/-/news/manage-subscription">https://portal.xsede.org/group/xup/user-news/-/news/manage-subscription</a>.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>