Join Allocation

This form is to request to be added to an already existing allocation.

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All allocation requests will be paused beginning on Friday, March 14. We're aiming to begin processing all pending requests again by Monday, April 7.

If you have any questions, please email quest-help@northwestern.edu

Your Name*

Your NetID*

Your Email Address*

Your School*

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Your department*

Your Affiliation*

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Allocation*

Please enter the name of the allocation you are requesting membership in. Allocation names contain a letter and numbers, such as b1001, e12321, or p12345.

Allocation Manager Name*

Please enter the first and last name of the allocation manager

Allocation Manager Email Address*

Please enter the email address of the allocation manager. The manager of the Quest allocation indicated on this form will receive an email from “Smartsheet Automation (automation@smartsheet.com)" asking to approve your request. Please follow up with the allocation manager to make sure they have received and responded to the email - note it may be in their spam folder. Please contact quest-help@northwestern.edu if you have any questions.

Please note that we'll take no action on this request until the allocation manager has responded to the automated email with an approval or denial.

Principal Investigator Name*

In most cases, the principal investigator is a faculty member or a lab director who oversees the research project.

Principal Investigator Email Address*

Please enter the email address of the principal investigator

Would you like to request a consultation with Research Computing Services?*

If you are requesting a consultation, please provide more information by submitting the Consultation Request form.

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Will you be using the Quest Analytics nodes?*

If you plan to use Quest Analytics, please check here so you can be automatically added to the Quest-Analytics listserv. You may unsubscribe at any time; however, we recommend you stay subscribed to receive critical announcements regarding service availability, maintenance, and updates. Additional information about the Quest Analytics nodes is available here.

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You must agree to and accept all of the following terms, if you intend to use the Quest cluster.*

• Data storage on Quest is restricted to active research. You can use other data storage services at Northwestern to store your research data on a long-term basis. This includes the Research Data Storage Service (RDSS) and to a lesser degree Northwestern OneDrive/SharePoint.

• You cannot share your NetID and password with another user. If you want another person at Northwestern University to access your data, submit an application to join an existing allocation.

• If you are planning to submit a large number of jobs on Quest and have never done this before, please contact an HPC Specialist for guidance. You can contact us at quest-help@northwestern.edu. Jobs that crash the scheduler will be deleted from the system and in some circumstances your access to Quest will be suspended until this is resolved.

• Please remove or migrate unneeded data on Quest to another Northwestern University storage service or to another computer that is not part of the Quest cluster. Data stored on Quest will be automatically removed after the allocation expires without warning.

• You cannot use Quest to mine bitcoins or backup your personal computer. The Quest resources are not available for these purposes.

• Deliberate or inadvertent misuse of the Quest resources may result in your associated accounts being locked, your running jobs canceled, and your access to the cluster terminated.

• Your email address will automatically be added to the Quest-Announce and NUIT-Research listservs when your account is created. You may unsubscribe yourself at any time; however, we recommend you stay subscribed to Quest-Announce to receive critical announcements regarding service availability, maintenance, and updates.

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