HiPerGator accounts use institutional account authentication. Depending on which credentials are used for authentication, HiPerGator accounts can be classified as UF internal, InCommon federated, and external accounts. Internal and federated accounts use GatorLink or federated institutional credentials for authentication. A prospective HiPerGator user who doesn’t have a UF GatorLink or an account with an institution that is a member of the InCommon Federation must request an external GatorLink account and work with UFIT HelpDesk to obtain it before they will be able to submit a HiPerGator account request. This also applies to current HiPerGator users who will be leaving UF if they fall into the external user category when their GatorLink account expires.
HiPerGator is the University of Florida's supercomputer. Use this service type for all issues and support requests for HiPerGator software applications, auxiliary services (like PubApps), hardware, job scheduler, storage, access via SSH or web interfaces, data transfers, and other issues that do not fall within the scope of other service types below. Software requests include application and package installation on HiPerGator, help with individual installs, environments, workflows, management, hosting of reference data, etc. See HiPerGator User Documentation for more information.
HiPerGator-RV (HPG-RV) is a secure computing environment where scientists and collaborators can conduct research on restricted and confidential data. HiPerGator-RV (HPG-RV) is designed to run virtual machines that are secure and pre-approved, with the capacity for large-scale data storage and computation. The environment is compliant with NIST 800-171 Rev3 to handle Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) as required by Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) data. In addition, HPG-RV is compliant with NIST 800-53 Rev. 5 for other types of restricted data.
Research Computing staff provide consulting services to research teams in order to enhance software, provide training, or meet other software needs.
Various options are available to UF faculty for gaining access, obtaining licenses, and executing various software applications in order to conduct in University business, each with special features to meet different use cases. Faculty may use as many of these options as necessary in the course of conducting their business. It is important to consider several factors in the selection of the storage type to be used.
ResShield was developed in order to protect research data that is classified as restricted data, which means that the data is governed by laws, regulations, and/or contracts. ResShield serves as a secure storage and processing center that supports current university projects requiring NIST 800-53 Moderate compliance. Only existing customers are supported in ResShield. No new customers or projects will be added to ResShield in the future. Please see HiPerGator or HiPerGator-RV (HPG-RV) for your protected research data needs.