Documentation and Guides
Welcome to our Documentation and Guides page. Here, you’ll find a comprehensive collection of resources designed to support your research computing and cloud computing projects. Browse through our curated lists of guides, tutorials, and documentation to find the information you need to advance your work.
Getting Started Guides
| Guide Title | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Research Computing | A beginner’s guide to concepts and tools in research computing. | View Guide |
| Getting Started with GCP | Step-by-step instructions to set up your GCP account and start using cloud resources. | GCP Documentation |
| HPCC Account Creation | How to request an account and log into the UCR HPCC. | View Guide |
Tutorials
| Tutorial Title | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| How-to host Offline LLMs | Learn how to host offline language models securely. | View Tutorial |
| Connecting to an HPC Cluster | Learn how to access and submit jobs to UCR’s HPCC. | View Tutorial |
| Containerization for Reproducible Research | Using Docker/Singularity for computational environments. | View Tutorial |
Reference Documentation
| Document Title | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Official Knowledge Base (KB Series) | UCR Research Computing’s official guidelines, service tiers, and technical guides. | Access KB |
| Resource Catalog | A comprehensive list of all local and national compute/storage resources available to UCR researchers. | View Catalog |
| Research Software Directory | A catalog of software tools installable via Spack on UCR clusters. | View Directory |
Best Practices
| Best Practice Guide | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Ursa Major Service Tiers | Guidelines for navigating subsidized Tier 1 resources vs. Tier 2 commercial recharge. | View Guide |
| Data Security in Research Computing | Guidelines for data classification, compliance, and secure enclaves. | View Guide |
| Research Data Storage Strategy | Our lifecycle strategy for managing data across hot, warm, and cold storage tiers. | View Guide |