Computing Facilities for research

In addition to a 10GB home directory allocation, you can ask for research group space, hosted on Informatics servers, and group web space for hosting research web sites.

• ⇒ Group space.
  
• ⇒ Group web space.

There's information on software, including what is installed on DICE, how to request new software, how to get licensed software and how to install software yourself on DICE.

• ⇒ Software.

The Informatics Software Download Database (ISDD) is a simple software download repository, but it also helps assign appropriate licences for software, and it tracks download activity so that it may be claimed in the research assessment framework. If your software is not in the ISDD, download activity will not make it into that assessment.

• ⇒ Informatics Software Download Database.

The school has two PostgreSQL services, one for teaching and one for research.

• ⇒ PostgreSQL teaching and research databases.

There are powerful computing facilities.

• ⇒ GPU and cluster computing.

Before buying IT equipment from your grant, read the IT Procurement page.

• ⇒ IT Procurement.

We encourage you to virtualise.

• ⇒ Virtualisation.

We offer version control services and a code review system.

• ⇒ Git and Gerrit.
  
• ⇒ Subversion.

iFriend allows remote users to access some of our services.

• ⇒ iFriend.

Want to work remotely? There are step-by-step guides to help you set things up.

• ⇒ Remote working.