Computing Resources at the Department
File Server
The department maintains a file server that hosts files for research and classroom files (ChemistryFS3), and business office files (ChemFiles). See how to access the files server in the Chemistry KB.
ResearchDrive
The Div. of Information Technology provides the ResearchDrive service, a secure and long-term cloud storage service for researchers. PIs can request an account with 25 terabytes of file storage accessible by desktop computers, and 50 terabytes of (S3-compatible) object storage accessible by apps. This account is free of charge; storage beyond these limits is available for purchase.
HPC Clusters
The department operates several high-performance computing clusters to provide service to both our computational chemistry courses, and researchers. Students should contact their course instructor or TA with questions and support needs. Researchers and staff should contact Paul McGuire or Desiree Bates for cluster access and support.
Mailing Lists
The department maintains a large number of email lists for various purposes. Contact CompHelp to set up your own.
Software
The department maintains a site license Mnova NMR, and a group license for Endnote. The campus has site licenses for apps, including ChemDraw, PyMOL, Labview, Windows, Office365, Adobe Creative Cloud, and more, in the Campus Software Library. The Dept. of Mathematics has negotiated a reduced-cost Overleaf license for the College of Letters & Science; contact CompHelp for more information. (The Office of Software Licensing has been contacted about a campus site license for Revvity Signals, but is not proceeding at this time.)
Password Management
The UW-Madison has contracted with 1Password to make its service the officially-supported password manager for the campus. It is free for all students, faculty, and staff. In addition, as a university affiliate, you are eligible for a free personal account. With regular turnover in research groups, we encourage storing all of your group shared passwords in 1Password vault, with access given to multiple people. Contact CompHelp for help setting up a vault.
MediaWiki
Several research groups maintain a wiki to collect useful information in one spot, available to all group members. The department has a MediaWiki instance set up to host them. Please contact CompHelp to set up your own instance.
Off-site Server Hosting
The DoIT Data Center team offers hosting for rack-mounted servers in several of its data centers on and off-campus. The data centers have 10Gbps copper and fiber connections, plus KVM service. There is no charge for this service.