FAQ
RES Users usually ask...
Yes, the RES resources are open to all scientists and technologists working in open research within the European Union and associated states. Therefore, the principal investigator of the team submitting the proposal can be from an institution in any of these countries. However, it is strongly recommended that at least one member of the research team work in a Spanish research center to promote collaboration with Spanish research groups.
The RES provides free access to supercomputing resources for open R&D through open competitive calls. The RES nodes allocate part of their computing capacity to RES calls and they manage the remaining part according to their own criteria. For further information about access possibilities besides RES calls, visit the websites of the different RES nodes.
You can, and we recommend saving your resources application as many times as necessary before the established deadline. This way, you will periodically save backups of your application, which will help to avoid last-minute problems and ensure you have a functional version of your application in case of any issues.
RES services are offered for free at the point of usage, with the only important requirement to acknowledge their use in the related scientific publications with the sentence "The author thankfully acknowledges RES resources provided by [center] in [system] to [Activity ID]"and their inclusion in the corresponding forms of the activity though the RES intranet (“Add publications” option).
For instance, “The author thankfully acknowledges RES resources provided by BSC in MareNostrum to RES-BCV-2024-0-0000)” This is very important for RES managers to justify the funds obtained from national and regional administrations in terms of scientific productivity.
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Homogenous Chemistry (QH) includes:
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Heterogeneous Chemistry and Solids (QHS) includes:
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To create user accounts in RES supercomputers, you have to create new users in the “Manage Users” section of your current activity (in the RES intranet). The system will create an account for those users with Researcher role and shortly they will receive by email their login credentials.
RES Users usually ask...
There is not a strict minimum or maximum limit of requested time. However, those activities requesting more than 240.000 node hours should provide a specific justification. The amount of resources needed differs a lot depending on the research activity. Typically, RES applicants request between 20.000 and 200.000 node hours, but smaller or larger projects are also accepted.
There currently are six scientific areas where we list the projects we receive: Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences (AECT), Biology and Life Sciences (BCV), Homogeneous Chemistry (QH), Physics (FI), Engineering and Mathematics (IM) and Heterogeneous Chemistry and Solids (QHS). New areas can be created if there is a reasonable amount of similar applications each call. If your project does not fit in any of them, or you are not sure in which one you should list it, you can ask support@bsc.es
In your application form, you can select your preferred node and choose between "Only selected machine" and "Any machine". In the second case, should your project not be rated high enough to ensure your preferred node, we will TRY to reallocate your project in another node, though we can not guarantee it.
RES Users usually ask...
In your application form, you can select your preferred data node and choose between "Only selected machine" and "Any machine". In the second case, should your project not be rated high enough to ensure your preferred node, we will TRY to reallocate your project in another node, though we can not guarantee it.
Yes, data projects must have a minimum of 200TB to use the data services of the RES.
As for an upper limit, there is no specified cap, but typically data projects do not exceed 1PB of data volume.
No, RES DATA resources are intended for data management and exploitation and not for cold storage.