Self Service in RCP

From July 2024 onwards, you’ll self request and self manage all your data resources via the Research Computing Portal. Here’s everything you need to know about switching over to RCP.

We recommend bookmarking the Research Computing Portal’s URL: https://rcp.research.unimelb.edu.au/home/

Link not working? Make sure you’re connected to the University VPN if you’re off campus.

We have migrated your existing data collections into RCP, but some of the metadata may be missing, incorrect or out-of date, especially for very old data collections where we have had to try to populate details on your behalf for some fields that didn’t exist back when you first made the collection.

Please check and correct your metadata:

Here’s a quick video walk though of the process:

How to request data resources

Key concepts to be aware of:

• Data resources are classified as ‘Activity Resources’ in RCP, meaning that we assign them to given research activities you’re undertaking, rather than to you as an individual.

• Consequently, you request data resources by adding them to given Activities on your dashboard. If you don’t have any Activities yet, then you have to create one in order to access data resources.

• Once you have an Activity, and have added the resources you want to it, you will finally need to request an allocation for each resource (a specific storage with a unique path name and quota).

The essential steps are:

Here’s a quick video walk through of these steps in RCP:

How to change quotas

The essential steps are:

Here’s a quick video walk through of these steps in RCP:

How to look up and download usage stats

The essential steps are:

Navigating around the Portal, getting the most out of your dashboard

Here’s a video walkthrough of the RCP interface and its range of dashboard features:

In the old regime, you had Collections (datasets relating to given research projects) to which you attached Products (research computing offerings, such as Mediaflux), and within those products you had distinct Projects (specific storage allocations with unique path names and quota sizes).

In the RCP interface, these same concepts abide albeit with different terminology: you create an Activity (essentially a specific research activity/project that you need resources for) to which you add Resources (Mediaflux, DaRIS etc), and then you request Allocations for those resources (specific storage allocations with unique path names and quota sizes).

Role types will also operate slightly differently: