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NIH STRIDES Initiative GCP Account

KRT9 — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 20:14:53 +0000

NIH STRIDES Initiative GCP Account

KRT9 Wed, 03/18/2020 - 16:14

Researcher Application form: GettingStartedwithSTRIDES.docx
The application form must be filled out and sent to Jim Coyne at Onix in addition to submitting a request on the Research Computing Infrastructure request form

As of Monday April 20, 2020 DFCI will be participating in the NIH STRIDES Initiative. Joining the initiative will give researchers with NIH funded grants, access to discounts for services offered by Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

The NIH STRIDES initiative promotes the use of cloud technologies in research. Currently the NIH has negotiated with Google and Amazon to provide discounts to those researchers that would like to use these technologies. The NIH promises that in the near future, data sharing by funded institutions as well the NIH itself will be available.
From the NIH Website “STRIDES Initiative”
“…NIH to explore the use of cloud environments to streamline NIH data use by partnering with commercial providers. NIH’s STRIDES Initiative provides cost-effective access to industry-leading partners to help advance biomedical research. These partnerships enable access to rich datasets and advanced computational infrastructure, tools, and services.”

Additional reference documents: GoogleCloudforStrides , STRIDESGCPProfessionalServices

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Technical Support

High Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster

KRT9 — Wed, 13 Nov 2019 21:53:05 +0000

High Performance Computing (HPC) Cluster

DFCI

KRT9 Wed, 11/13/2019 - 16:53

High performance computational cluster for Researchers to analyze genomic data (sequence and samples). A wide variety of applications are preinstalled such as R, samtools, picrad tools, java and many more

Cluster Information: argosECard.pdf
User Guide: argosUserGuide.docx
Service Level Agreement (SLA): Argos_SLA_2020wg1.docx

Research Computing Services Wiki: Research Compute

Basic researchers

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Code42 (CrashPlan)

KRT9 — Fri, 20 Sep 2019 00:33:27 +0000

Code42 (CrashPlan)

DFCI

KRT9 Thu, 09/19/2019 - 20:33

Desktop & laptop backups

Code42, previously known as CrashPlan, is a backup software solution provided by Research Computing Infrastructure for the protection of desktop and laptop computers. It allows you to protect your local machine's files on network storage for safekeeping.
Please note that we don't consider local external storage media solutions like TimeMachine to be sufficient as a backup solution for research data. While local external storage solutions can be useful, they can and do fail.

Basic researchers

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Basic Research Software

Google accounts

KRT9 — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 20:00:24 +0000

Google accounts

DFCI

KRT9 Fri, 09/13/2019 - 16:00

DFCI Google apps domain

To request a Google email account (Gmail), please complete the request form and request a Google apps account. The email address will be <firstname_lastname>@mail.dfci.harvard.edu
If two-factor authentication (2FA) is needed, include it in the request. RCS Wiki: cloud account information

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Data storage

KRT9 — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 18:34:13 +0000

Data storage

DFCI

KRT9 Fri, 09/13/2019 - 14:34

Research Computing Storage Management (RCSM)
Storage service which manages the lifecycle and archival of data. RCS Wiki: Research Storage

Basic researchers

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Non-Partners PC & Mac support

KRT9 — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 19:06:45 +0000

Non-Partners PC & Mac support

DFCI

KRT9 Fri, 07/19/2019 - 15:06

Frontline Support provides advanced technical support to DFCI faculty and staff, distinct and in addition to the Partners Service Desk (Help Desk). Included in our support domain are non-standard equipment and configurations that are part of the diversity of tools and configurations critical to successful research work. Our goal is to have a well-staffed support team with the right blend of technical expertise and knowledge to support the wide array of activities carried out by DFCI faculty and staff.

We are available to consult and assist in addressing research issues, which can be complex and diverse, and may not easily fit into the generic help-desk model.

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