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titleShelving

A lot of our resources are able to be shelved. Shelving is when you temporarily suspend an instance to release cloud resources back to the pool for other researchers to use – it’s a great way to free up capacity without losing your computing instance. Shelved resources can be unshelved at any time.

We ask that you shelve your resources when you aren’t actively using them for a while, but may still need them again in the future. In fact, the Portal will auto-shelve certain resource types when they have been inactive for extended periods of time.

Read more about shelving and unshelving, and our auto-shelve schedules, here.

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titleDeleting

All our resources are able to be deleted when you are no longer actively using them, and will have no future need to use them again.

Important: Deletion is permanent and deleted data is NOT recoverable. It’s crucial to have a data retention and recovery plan in place before deleting any of your resources.

Other things to know about deletion:

  • The Portal won’t allow you to delete an Activity until you have first deleted all of its added resources

  • If you are deleting a cloud resource because you no longer need it for data processing, first make sure that your research data is secured somewhere else first so it doesn’t get irrecoverably lost in the deletion (store the data somewhere that meets research data compliance requirements, for example RCS’s data storage and management service)

  • We ask that you remember to delete your Portal resources when you conclude your research and/or leave the University, so that capacity is freed up for other researchers and no orphan data is left behind

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titleReserving premium resources

Some of our resources are available in special premium sizes (for when you need extra power and speed) via a reservation system.

The resources currently available for premium size reservation are:

  • Research Server

Read more about reserving premium sizes here.

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titleRequesting multiple versions of the same resource

Some of our resources are available for multiple self-allocations per Activity, within set limits. Additionally, you may even be allowed to exceed these self-serve limits by contacting RCS for manual allocation.

The resources currently available for multiple self-allocation are:

  • Research Server: you can add up to five Research Servers per Activity