Research software is the collection of tools, codes, libraries that allows a researcher to generate new data or analyze and make meaning of existing data.\u00a0 Some software is used across many disciplines, like MatLab, R, python, whereas most are very domain specific.\u00a0 The majority of software is provided by the researchers, however FAS has site or volume licenses for several packages for cluster and\/or desktop use, which are provided at no cost to faculty and students.\u00a0 Licenses are usually available upon request.\u00a0 For software that is needed on the cluster, FASRC can install codes in a common location.\u00a0 Desktops installation of software is self-service or can be done by your local HUIT Desktop support group.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n RC will also help you acquire any other software you may require for your research, or help you determine which packages are most appropriate for the types of analyses you want to do. These packages are purchased individually for each user and are charged to research accounts.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Software Types:<\/b><\/p>\n Open Source<\/span><\/i> - software in which source code is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose. Typically, open-source software is developed in a collaborative public manner.<\/span><\/p>\n Commercial <\/span><\/i>- any software or program that is designed and developed for licensing or sale to end users or that serves a commercial purpose. Commercial software was once considered to be proprietary software, but now a number of free and open-source software applications are licensed or sold to end users. Off-the-shelf software programs, to be used with little or no modification, are examples of commercial software.<\/span><\/p>\n Custom <\/span><\/i>- software solutions that are specially developed for a specific user or organization and may include solutions that have been designed to run on specific hardware (embedded software). Such software is used to address user needs that cannot be met by more traditional and widespread off-the-shelf software.\u00a0 Custom software can also be modifications or extensions, for specific purposes, of Open Source and\/or Commercial software.<\/span><\/p>\n Licensing Types:<\/b><\/p>\n Buying and Installing specific software.<\/b>\u00a0 Software for use on the (Linux) FASRC cluster can be purchased by an individual, lab, or through Harvard licensing.\u00a0 Installation will typically occur by the research computing group either generally (to be available to all users) or within a specific user's space and be available to a limited number of individuals.\u00a0 Responsibility of troubleshooting and the stability of an application will vary depending on the software title.\u00a0 Software titles specifically supported by the research computing group are the ones we provide annual training for.\u00a0 Ad-hoc installation requests will be supported as defined at the time of request.<\/span><\/p>\n Service Expectations and Limits:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Software installations are always done as a best effort, and fall behind other services like running the cluster, data storage, and VM infrastructure. \u00a0 Typical scientific software is \u201chome-grown\u201d at Universities over time, and quite sophisticated with little documentation.\u00a0 These codes are largely written in C\/C++ or Fortran and require compilation on our cluster to work effectively.\u00a0 This process can take a week or two depending on how many library dependencies must be rectified first.<\/span><\/p>\n Licensed software have a limited number of seats (or tokens), in which each job must consume.\u00a0 When a token is unavailable, the job will continue to pend and not start.\u00a0 Also, the FASRC license manager is a single server (not a high-availability setup), that provides license tokens for cluster jobs.\u00a0 If this server is unresponsive then, license tokens will not be available until the server is back in good health, please send in a support request.\u00a0 Also, licenses generally have an annual renewal date, which is up to the purchaser to renew and not FASRC.\u00a0 For example, SEAS maintains the license for ABAQUS, FASRC does not have the means to renew this license.<\/span><\/p>\n At FASRC, availability, uptime, and backup schedule is provided as best effort with staff that do not have rotating 24\/7\/365 shifts.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n All PIs with an active FASRC account from any Harvard School.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n All\u00a0access\u00a0requests should\u00a0be sent\u00a0via email to\u00a0<\/span>rchelp@rc.fas.harvard.edu<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Service Manager:\u00a0Raminder\u00a0Singh<\/a>, Associate Director of Data Science and Research Facilitation\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Description Research software is the collection of tools, codes, libraries that allows a researcher to generate new data or analyze and make meaning of existing data.\u00a0 Some software is used across many disciplines, like MatLab, R, python, whereas most are very domain specific.\u00a0 The majority of software is provided by the researchers, however FAS has site or volume licenses for…<\/p>\nDefinitions<\/b><\/h3>\n
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