Looking for research resources?
We can help with research computing needs. You may access data storage or High Performance Computing (HPC) allocations from multiple sources, with ARCSIM serving in an advisory capacity throughout the process. Evaluations for academic researchers are often available at no charge.
Because ARCSIM is associated with UMaine CORE and overseen by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, you have the assurance of UG Service Center compliance when engaging with us. Refer to the Office of Research Administration for more information about compliance considerations in developing proposals and executing research computing activities.
These resources are available to all University of Maine System researchers and their collaborators.
For technical questions regarding computational resources and services, contact um.arcsim@maine.edu. ARCSIM can provide assistance with requesting storage or computing allocations on the following resources:
Paid Resources
AWS (Amazon Web Services)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one of the largest and most secure cloud platforms in the world with over 200 fully featured services offered from data centers globally, including S3 compatible storage.
For more information about this resource visit the AWS website.
Digital Ocean
Digital Ocean has fifteen globally distributed datacenters, and a suite of products including managed hosting, virtual machines, Kubernetes, managed databases, and storage.
For more information about this resource visit the Digital Ocean website.
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
GCP uses Google’s core infrastructure, data analytics, machine learning, as well as security technology, and lets researchers run apps on open source solutions.
For more information about this resource visit the Google Cloud website.
Wasabi
Wasabi provides fast, cost-effective, ransomware-protected cloud services for off-site disaster recovery, active and accessible data archiving, or long term, S3 compatible storage.
For more information about this resource visit the Wasabi website.
No Cost Resources
National Science Foundation
Funding requirement: No funding, NSF-funded research
Resource: Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support (ACCESS)
For more information visit the ACCESS website.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Funding requirement: NASA-funded research or NASA-agreement
Resource: NASA Center for Climate Simulation
For more information visit the NCCS website.
Resource: NASA High-End Computing
For more information visit the NASA HEC website.
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Funding requirement: Un-funded atmospheric research, NSF-sponsored climate research
Resource: Cheyenne
For more information visit the Cheyenne website.
Department of Energy, Office of Science
Funding requirement: Any research needing HPC
Resource: Argonne Leadership Computing Facility
For more information visit the ALCF website.
Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Funding requirements: EERE-funded research or EERE-aligned research
Resource: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
For more information on this resource visit the NREL website.
Department of Energy, National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center
Funding requirement: Any DoE-funded research or DoE Office of Science-aligned research
Resource: National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)
For more information about this resource visit the NERC website.