Biowulf at the NIH
Biowulf Usage Request

This form should be completed by Helix users who wish to use the NIH Biowulf cluster.

User Information:

  • Name:
  • Principal Investigator:
  • Institute:
  • NIH Address:
  • Telephone:
  • Helix username:
Email Address:
You will read email at your Helix address
Yes
No
Enter the preferred email address:

If you select this option, a ~/.forward file will be set up so that all mail sent to your Helix email address (username@helix.nih.gov), including mail from the Biowulf batch system and staff, will be forwarded to the address you enter above.

Justification

Failing to answer all of the items below will result in a delay of your request for an account

Include a brief description of your requirements for using the NIH Biowulf cluster:
- a line or two about your research project
- what sort of calculations you plan to run
- will you be using programs already installed on the system or writing your own code
- how long is a typical run
- how many simultaneous runs do you expect to run
- how many total runs do you expect to need
- any special hardware or memory requirements for your job (e.g > 2Gb memory)