New PACI Grid portalSan Diego 28 August 2001 Scientists who use the computational resources provided through the National Science Foundation's Partnerships for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (PACI) program can now find all the information they need at the new paci web site. It combines information about the two PACI partnerships--the National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI) and the National Computational Science Alliance (Alliance)--and the Terascale Computing System at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) on a site that is easy to use and focused exclusively on the needs of researchers who use high-performance computing systems. Each year more than 5,000 scientists from across the U.S. use PACI resources for simulation, data analysis, and scientific visualization.
The new site features a specialized grid computing portal, the PACI HotPage
(https://hotpage.paci.org), which allows users to view the status of PACI
resources and supports secure, interactive access to the resources. Based on the
NPACI GridPort Toolkit, the PACI HotPage gives users direct access to their HPC
accounts, job management tools, file systems, and system-wide information.
The PACI website is open to all and contains information for both current and
prospective users, including detailed information on the resource allocation
process for the National Resource Allocation Committee (NRAC), the review board
that awards large allocations on PACI machines, and links to allocation
information for the Alliance, NPACI, and PSC. The site also provides hardware
and software information, user guides, information on consulting, security, and
training, and a link to science success stories made possible through the use of
PACI resources.
About SDSC/NPACI The National Partnership for Advanced Computational
Infrastructure (NPACI) is advancing science by creating a ubiquitous,
continuous, and pervasive national computational infrastructure: the Grid. This
infrastructure for the 21st century builds on dramatic advances in information
technology to enable distributed research by interdisciplinary teams. NPACI is
funded by the National Science Foundation and led by the San Diego Supercomputer
Center. It joins some 30 other funded partners and 16 domestic and international
affiliates and collaborates with the Alliance members on numerous projects.
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