It is our pleasure to welcome you to Unity, a high performance computing cluster located at the MGHPCC (Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center) and managed by the UMass Amherst Research Computing team.
Principle Investigator & Faculty Accounts
- As of March 17, 2023, Principle Investigators and faculty can request Unity cluster Principle Investigator accounts in the Unity portal
- For instructions to request an account, please visit Requesting a Unity Account
Student & Postdoc Accounts
- As of March 24, 2023, students and postdocs can be added to and existing Principle Investigator group.
- Students and postdocs cannot access Unity without an associated Principle Investigator, so please ensure the initial Principle Investigator account is created and approved before onboarding your students.
- For instructions on creating a student or postdoc account, please visit Requesting a Unity Account
Unity Onboarding & Events
To learn more about Unity, including onboarding sessions and workshops, visit the Unity Events page. You can also learn about Unity by joining the Unity Slack Community, joining office hours, and more by visiting the Unity Contact page.
Please send questions to: researchcomputing@uml.edu
Migrating Data to Unity
- All data must be migrated to Unity by May 15, 2023, so please plan accordingly to avoid data loss.
- Principle Investigators will temporarily receive sufficient storage in the /project directory to move as much data from the shared cluster as desired. However, storage quotas will be enforced starting January 2024.
- Users may purchase additional storage at that time at a rate of $6.20 per TB per Month.
Shared Cluster Shutdown
- The cluster will become read-only ahead of the shutdown on May 1, 2023. While you will be able to continue transferring data, you will no longer be able to run jobs or create new files.
- The Shared Cluster will be turned off permanently on June 1, 2023.
We are very excited about what the future of high-performance computing holds for the UMass Lowell community!
If you have any questions, please direct them to: researchcomputing@uml.edu.
For the most up to date information, see our transition documentation on the Unity Documentation page.
