What is the TeraGrid?
The TeraGrid is a large distributed cyberinfrastructure available for non-classified scientific research. The TeraGrid is funded by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to enable science innovation.
TeraGrid is coordinated through the Grid Infrastructure Group (GIG) at the University of Chicago, working in partnership with the Resource Provider (RP) sites through the RP Forum (RPF). The RPF is composed of one representative from each RP (generally the principal investigator) and the GIG director. For more about TeraGrid governance, see the TG-1 page in the TeraGrid Forum wiki.
By obtaining a TeraGrid allocation, your research team can use leadership-class compute, visualization, and storage resources, software packages, and advanced support, at the following RP sites:
- Indiana University
- National Institute for Computational Sciences
- Louisiana Optical Network Initiative
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- National Center for Supercomputing Applications
- Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
- Purdue University
- San Diego Supercomputer Center
- Texas Advanced Computing Center
- University of Chicago/Argonne National Laboratory
- National Center for Atmospheric Research
Resources are connected using high-performance networks to provide researchers with more than a petaflop of computing power, high-resolution visualization environments, and data storage facilities to store more than 30 petabytes of data. Researchers can access more than 100 discipline-specific databases, and use a wide variety of scientific applications and grid computing toolkits.
Access to your allocated resources is simplified using the TeraGrid User Portal and Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication. For more, see the SSO Quick Start in the TeraGrid User Support documentation.
For information about applying for a TeraGrid allocation or getting an account on an existing allocation, see How do I get started using the TeraGrid?
For further information about compute and visualization resources on the TeraGrid, see the Resource Catalog in the TeraGrid User Support documentation.
For more information about TeraGrid software, see the following pages in the TeraGrid User Support documentation:
- Coordinated TeraGrid Software and Services (CTSS)
- TeraGrid Software Repository
- Visualization software
For more on TeraGrid data collections, see the Data Collections table in the TeraGrid User Portal.
This document was developed with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. 0503697 to the University of Chicago and subcontracted to Indiana University. Additional support was provided by IU through its participation in the TeraGrid, which is supported by the NSF under Grants No. 0833618, SCI451237, SCI535258, and SCI504075. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.
Last modified on January 29, 2010.
