Welcome to UAB Research Computing¶
The Research Computing System (RCS) provides a framework for sharing research data, accessing computing power, and collaborating with peers on campus and around the globe. We have deployed a dynamic "network of services" to facilitate organizing, studying, and sharing research data.
Announcements¶
Announcement: Maintenance - Code.rc (GitLab)
Code.rc (GitLab) will be unavailable the weekend of 2026-03-15 for planned maintenance.
Please see our news post for more information.
How Do I Get Started?¶
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UAB RCS News
See what's new with Research Computing System services!
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Create Account (RCS / Cheaha)
Affiliated with UAB? Need access to Cheaha, Cloud.rc, Code.rc, or other RCS services? Create an RCS account today in minutes!
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Open OnDemand Web Interface
Check out our interactive science apps, right in your browser! Jupyter, RStudio, MATLAB, a virtual desktop, and more!
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Slurm Batch Job Scheduler
Scale up your work! Learn how to schedule batch jobs with Slurm.
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Individual Storage Allocations
Did you know researchers can get no-cost individual storage on RCS?
- 5 TB on Cheaha (GPFS)
- 5 TB on Long-Term Storage (LTS)
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Shared Storage Allocations
Did you know research labs and Cores can get no-cost shared storage on RCS?
- 25 TB on Cheaha (GPFS)
- 75 TB on Long-Term Storage (LTS)
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Data Transfer Options
RCS has multiple options for data transfers, within UAB and with other institutions. Globus, rclone, and more!
Featured Tutorials¶
- Compute
- Data Management
Success Stories¶
- December 17th, 2024: Cheaha helps Cardenas lab speed up work
- March 19th, 2024: Open Science Grid Gives Power of Multiple Cheahas
- March 19th, 2024: NVIDIA Clara Parabricks Tool Speeds Genomic Analysis for UAB Researchers
- more stories...
Outreach¶
The UAB IT Research Computing Group has collaborated with a number of prominent research projects, organizations, and Research Core Facilities at UAB to identify use cases and develop requirements. Our collaborators include, but are not limited to, the following list.
- Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS)
- Center for Computational Genomics and Data Science (CGDS)
- Department of Computer Science
- Heflin Center for Genomic Scieces (HCGS)
- Institutional Research Core Program (IRCP)
- Lister Hill Library (LHL)
- O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center (CCC)
- School of Engineering (SoE)
- South Eastern Biosafety Laboratory (SEBLAB)
If you would like to build a collaborative effort with Research Computing, please Contact Us.
How to Contact Us¶
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Have a Request?
Have a request? Facing an issue? Want to scale up?
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Want Virtual Face-to-Face Support?
Visit our Zoom office hours!
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Need Support Details?
Want to learn more about how to get Research Computing support?
About Us¶
Research Computing is developed and supported by UAB IT's Research Computing Group. We are developing a core set of applications to help you easily incorporate our services into your research processes and this documentation collection to help you leverage the resources already available. We follow the best practices of the Open Source community and develop our software in an open-source fashion.
Research Computing is an out growth of the UABgrid pilot, launched in September 2007 which has focused on demonstrating the utility of unlimited analysis, storage, and application for research. RCS is built on the same technology foundations used by major cloud vendors and decades of distributed systems computing research, technology that powered the last ten years of large scale systems serving prominent national and international initiatives like the Open Science Grid, XSEDE, the LHC Computing Grid, and NCI CBIIT.