INSIGNEO technical resources

INSIGNEO members have access to a variety of technical resources: storage, computing facilities, research software consulting, project/software/workflow management tools, training and other support. Some of these resources are provided and funded by IT Services or the Library and are available to all researchers at the University. Other resources are specific to INSIGNEO or even to sub-groups such as the IMSB or Polaris.

Here we try to detail the variety of resources that are available and also help researchers choose the most appropriate resources for the different stages of their research lifecycles.

Contents:

• Data storage
  • IT Services-managed Research Storage
  • High-performance computing storage
  • Google Drive
  • INSIGNEO NAS
• High(er)-Performance Computing
  • ShARC: University of Sheffield’s newer HPC cluster
  • Iceberg: University of Sheffield’s older HPC cluster
  • INSIGNEO Workstations
  • Virtual Machines at the University of Sheffield
  • Tier 1 and Tier 2 (bigger) HPC systems
  • Grant applications
• Version control with Git and GitHub
  • Getting started with Git
  • Getting started with GitHub
  • INSIGNEO GitHub organisation
  • Sensitive information
  • Public repositories and licensing
  • Hands-on training
• Software
  • INSIGNEO-developed software
  • INSIGNEO-developed web services
  • Using commercial software
• Electronic Lab Notebooks
  • Motivation
  • AgileBio ELN
• Contributing
• Getting help
  • General support for ShARC/Iceberg
  • INSIGNEO Research Computing Users’ Group
  • INSIGNEO-specific support for ShARC/Iceberg
  • Support relating to Git and GitHub
  • Code Clinic
  • IMSB-specific support
  • Training in research computing
  • Research data archiving and publication
  • Office IT