Melbourne Research Cloud (MRC)
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The Melbourne Research Cloud (MRC) is a suite of on-demand virtualised computing resources (desktops, workstations and servers) that you can use to store, manage, process and compute your research data. You can scale up your computational power, from a single server to hundreds of servers, whenever you need and leave the underlying maintenance to us, Research Computing Services (RCS). We operate the MRC as a central service for all UoM researchers, and run it on infrastructure hosted at the University.
The MRC provides comparable functionality to commercial cloud providers like AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform. But the key difference is that the MRC is free of charge to the researcher (with costs charged back to faculty budgets on a per usage basis).
Is the MRC right for you?
Tech specs of the MRC’s general flavors (standard sizes)
Tech specs of the MRC’s premium resources (bigger sizes, Big Memory, and GPUs)
Infrastructure
The Melbourne Research Cloud comprises almost 37,000 virtual cores, available across a range of virtual machine sizes. It also includes specialist resources such as GPGPUs, private networking, load balancing, and DNS. It is located within the University of Melbourne's Queensberry Hall data centre.
Choose your cloud
The Melbourne Research Cloud has a range of services and products to suit different researcher needs and preferences, and varying degrees of expertise
Getting help
Contact us for support, we’re always here to offer hands-on help with your MRC resources during University business hours.
Terms of Service
The MRC is a private cloud of shared resources, by using them you agree to our Terms of Service.