{"id":55196,"date":"2025-02-26T14:21:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T19:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/?p=55196"},"modified":"2025-07-01T11:12:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:12:42","slug":"unity-hpc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/unity-hpc\/","title":{"rendered":"Unity HPC *New Needs Info*"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unity HPC<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Unity-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55197\" style=\"width:250px;height:250px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Unity-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Unity-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Unity-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Unity-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Unity-1-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Unity-1-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Unity-1-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2212\/Unity-1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Unity is one of URI&#8217;s High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources, designed to support computational research, data analysis, and modeling. Managed by the ITS Research Computing team, Unity provides scalable and secure computing power to facilitate advanced research initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>ITS Data Center<\/strong> ensures the reliability and security of Unity with <strong>centralized cooling, fire suppression, generator backup, and restricted access<\/strong> for authorized users.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \">\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Executive Lead<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Guarav Khanna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Technical Lead<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Kevin Bryan<br>bryank@uri.edu<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Support Team<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">ITS Research Computing<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left\">About the Service:<\/h2>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-tabs-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-tabs  \">\n<section class=\"cl-tab \"><h1>Features<\/h1>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High-Performance Computing (HPC)<\/strong> \u2013 Designed for <strong>complex research workloads<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scalable Compute Resources<\/strong> \u2013 Supports <strong>parallel processing<\/strong> for large datasets.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Secure Infrastructure<\/strong> \u2013 Hosted in the <strong>ITS Data Center<\/strong> with <strong>redundant power and cooling<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Data Storage &amp; High-Speed Networking<\/strong> \u2013 Optimized for research computing workflows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-tab \"><h1>Access<\/h1>\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Eligibility<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unity is available to <strong>URI faculty, researchers, and research groups<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Researchers with <strong>compute-intensive workloads<\/strong> can apply for access.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How to Request Unity Access<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New users should contact <strong>ITS Research Computing<\/strong> to discuss their needs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Users must follow <strong>URI research computing policies<\/strong> for data security and compliance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Policies &amp; Security<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Access is restricted to approved researchers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Users must comply with <strong>university data policies<\/strong> regarding <strong>storage and security<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-tab \"><h1>Support &amp; Training<\/h1>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>HPC Documentation &amp; User Guides<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#\">Getting Started with Unity<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#\">HPC Best Practices &amp; Optimization<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#\">Data Storage &amp; Management<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Technical Support<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The <strong>ITS Research Computing<\/strong> team provides <strong>HPC consultation, troubleshooting, and performance optimization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Get Help<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For assistance with <strong>Unity HPC resources<\/strong>, contact the <strong>ITS Service Desk<\/strong> or <strong>ITS Research Computing Team<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High-performance computing (HPC) resources for advanced research at URI through Unity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5142,"featured_media":55197,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[7,55,74,37,10],"class_list":["post-55196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-services","tag-faculty","tag-research","tag-research-innovation","tag-rc","tag-students"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55196"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55304,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55196\/revisions\/55304"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/draft-its\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}