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CAC Projects

The Cornell Center for Advanced Computing (CAC) operates on a cost-recovery model. CAC services – including computing, consulting, file storage, backups, and/or cluster maintenance – are fee-based and require a Cornell University account number for charge-back based on rates (rate information available only to Cornell faculty, staff, and students) which are subsidized by the Provost and revised annually. Exploratory accounts, general help, documentation, occasional questions, training workshops, and access to research networks continue to be provided at no cost.

To use CAC resources, you must first login, then join a project by one of these methods:

• Request an Exploratory account
• Request to join an existing CAC Project
• Create a new CAC Project

CAC Project Roles

• CAC Project PI - The lead on the project, the person who can authorize billing and designate team members.
• CAC Project Proxy - Can represent the PI in all ways related to the project.
• CAC Project Account Contact - The person who handles billing in your department.
• CAC Project Member - Can use the compute resources allocated to the project.

Login Tips

• Terminology:
  • CUID: [cuid]@cornell.edu
  • CWID: [cwid]@med.cornell.edu
  • CAC ID: assigned if you get access to CAC cloud or cluster resources.
• CAC Portal:
  • Use your institutional credentials (e.g. CUID or CWID) to log in to this portal
  • Always authenticate with the same identity
• CAC Resources:
  • Red Cloud v.2
    • Use your institutional credentials (e.g. CUID or CWID) to log in
  • Cayuga
    • If you are using the Cayuga resources, reference the cayuga documentation for more details.
  • Private Clusters
    • Use your CAC ID and password to log into CAC private clusters
    • You will receive a CAC ID when you are first added to a CAC Project with access to resources
    • The username will match your CUID or CWID (if you have one) but the password and/or authentication key will be different.