Names, Terms, and Acronyms
This is a glossary of names, terms, acronyms used throughout this site.
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ACENETACENET is a consortium of post-secondary institutions in Atlantic Canada serving the computationally intense and large scale data research needs of its researchers. ACENET is a regional partner of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. URL: https://www.ace-net.ca/ | |
Advanced ComputingAdvanced computing utilizes high-performance computing, scientific visualization, data analysis, data science, storage, and/or cloud systems to perform computations. | |
Advanced Research ComputingAdvanced research computing (ARC) includes (but is not limited to) high performance computing, advanced computing, artificial intelligence, big data, visualization, storage, software, portals, and platforms involved with research at Canadian academic and research institutes. | |
Arbutus CloudArbutus is a cloud managed by BC DRI Group, located at the University of Victoria, and is a national system. See https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Cloud for more information. | |
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BC DRI GroupBC DRI Group is a consortium of institutions in British Columbia serving the advanced research computing needs of researchers at its partners' and members' institutions and is also a regional partner of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. BC DRI Group was formerly part of Westgrid. | |
beluga.alliancecan.caBéluga is a compute cluster located at l'École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec and is one of the national systems. Its login nodes can be accessed via SSH by connecting to beluga.alliancecan.ca. See https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Beluga for more information. | |
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Calcul QuébecCalcul Québec (CQ) is a consortium of Québec universities brought together by the Advanced Research Computing needs of the research
community needs of its members. CQ is a regional partner with the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. URL: http://www.calculquebec.ca/ | |
cedar.alliancecan.caCedar is a compute cluster located at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, or, and is one of the national systems. Its login nodes can be accessed via SSH by connecting to cedar.alliancecan.ca. See https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Cedar for more information. NOTE: Depending on context, "cedar" might be intended to refer to Cedar Cloud. | |
Cedar CloudCedar cloud is managed by BC DRI Group, located at Simon Fraser University, and is a national system. See https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Cloud for more information. | |
Centre for Advanced ComputingThe Centre for Advanced Computing supports Advanced Computing Research in partnership with Compute Ontario and Queen's University. URL: https://cac.queensu.ca/ | |
cloud computingCloud computing is the on-demand availability of computer system, storage, and networking resources and services in a way that does not necessarily always require the active management by a person. Typically a cloud will provide the ability to create one or more virtual machines located within a virtual network with appropriate amounts of disk space. Each virtual machine may or may not be mapped to an externally accessible Internet address. (If not, then such machines must be accessed through the cloud management interface.) NOTE: Access to our clusters' clouds is via OpenStack web interfaces, however, before one can log in and use such, one must request access. See: https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Cloud for more details. | |
clusterA cluster is a set of computers that inter-operate and function
as a single computer system. Normally when one refers to a cluster, one is referring to a compute cluster as opposed to a cluster of computers that is being used to operate a cloud. | |
Compute Canada FederationCompute Canada Federation was superceded by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. The Compute Canada Federation (CCF) was a national entity representing at the federal level its regional partners' and members' Canadian researchers to enable and support their world-class research using Advanced Research Computing strategies. CCF is comprised of these provincial-level organizations: ACENET, Calcul Québec, Compute Ontario, and WestGrid. | |
compute clusterA compute cluster is a set of computers that inter-operate and function as a single computer system. Programs are executed on compute clusters using scheduling software. Computer clusters typically have high speed interconnections between all computers within the cluster to allow them to communicate with high bandwidth and low latency. The latter is typically very important when single jobs need to make use of more than one compute node. | |
compute nodeA compute node is a computer in a compute cluster. | |
Compute OntarioCompute Ontario is a federation of consortia in Ontario serving the Advanced Research Computing and big data needs of researchers. CO is a regional partner of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada. URL: https://computeontario.ca/ | |
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data transfer nodeA data transfer node (DTN) is a special node that the Digital Research Alliance of Canada has exposed to the Internet in order to enable the transfer of large amounts of data. Transferring data using login nodes can trigger limits that will prevent the successful transfer of large amounts data. Data transfer nodes are configured differently so large amounts of data can be transferred successfully. Every cluster typically has at least one data transfer node. | |
Digital Research Alliance of CanadaThe Digital Research Alliance of Canada is a national entity representing at the
federal level its regional partners' and members' Canadian researchers
to enable and support their world-class research involving RDM, RS, and ARC needs. It is comprised of these provincial-level
organizations: ACENET, Calcul Québec, Compute Ontario, Prairies DRI Group, and the BC DRI Group. The Digital Research Alliance of Canada was formerly Compute Canada Federation. URL: https://www.alliancecan.ca/ | |
digital research infrastructureDigital research infrastructure is a collection of tools, services, and hardware that allows researchers to help realize their digital research aims (e.g., compute, storage, cloud, etc.). It is comprised of research data management (RDM), research software (RS), and advanced research computing (ARC). Link: https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/digital-research-infrastructure/en | |
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East CloudEast Cloud is a cloud managed by Calcul Québec, located at the Université de Sherbrooke, and is a national system. See https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Cloud for more information. | |
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graham.alliancecan.caGraham is a compute cluster located at the University of Waterloo in Ontario and is one of the national systems. Its login nodes can be accessed via SSH by connecting to graham.alliancecan.ca. Its Globus endpoint is gra-dtn1.alliancecan.ca. See https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Graham for more information. NOTE: Depending on context, "graham" might be intended to refer to Graham Cloud. | |
Graham CloudGraham Cloud is a cloud managed by SHARCNET, located at the University of Waterloo, and is a national system. See https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Cloud for more information. | |
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HPC4HealthHPC4Health is a consortium supporting Advanced Research Computing whose members include Ontario hospitals and health research institutions. HPC4Health is a partner of Compute Ontario. URL: http://www.hpcforhealth.ca/ | |
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narval.alliancecan.caNarval is a compute cluster located at l'École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec and is one of the national systems. Its login nodes can be accessed via SSH by connecting to narval.alliancecan.ca. See https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Narval for more information. | |
national systemsThe national systems are systems funded and supported nationally through the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, its members, and partners. Important national systems include these clusters: Cedar, Graham, Narval, Niagara, and Béluga; and these clouds: Arbutus (West Cloud), East Cloud, and Graham Cloud. | |
niagara.alliancecan.caNiagara is a compute cluster located at the University of Toronto in Ontario and is one of the national systems. Its login nodes can be accessed via SSH by connecting to niagara.alliancecan.ca. See https://docs.alliancecan.ca/wiki/Niagara for more information. | |
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Prairies DRI GroupPrairies DRI Group is a consortium of institutions in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba serving
the advanced research computing needs of researchers at its partners'
and members' institutions and is also a regional partner of the Digital
Research Alliance of Canada. The Prairies DRI Group was formerly part of Westgrid. | |
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Research Data ManagementResearch data management is part of DRI that helps enable researchers to find and access data. | |
Research SoftwareResearch software is part of DRI that helps enable researchers to access and use data. | |
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SciNetSciNet is supports Advanced Research Computing research in partnership with Compute Ontario, the University of Toronto, and others. URL: https://www.scinethpc.ca/ | |
Shared Hierarchical Academic Research Computing NetworkSHARCNET is a consortium of 20 (as of 2020-04) Ontario institutions providing Advanced Computing Research support in partnership with the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, Compute Ontario, and others. URL: https://www.sharcnet.ca/ | |
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WestgridWestgrid is a former regional consortium that has evolved in to two separate organizations: BC DRI Group and Prairies DRI Group | |