Engineering
Information Technology
Unix Accounts Policy
[Notice: The
Unix accounts policies are under revision at this time. Consult Martin
Ewing for latest information. 1/11/01]
BACKGROUND
Since most of the
users of the EIT Unix (Linux) facilities are graduate students and faculty
who are conducting sponsored research, this policy was designed to fairly
spread the cost of supporting these facilities. Students,
instructors and TA's who need these facilities for teaching purposes will
be funded by the EIT budget.
The Windows NT
facilities in the Garage are available free of charge for any Yale
academic use. These are supported by ITS and Engineering GA funds
because they are predominantly used by undergraduates and others for
instructional purposes.
There are currently
two service categories for Engineering Unix. This policy is
re-evaluated from time to time.
STANDARD SERVICE
("Small")
- Moderate disk quota
- 100 MB.
- Logon privilege to
one workstation or one server at a time.
- Unlimited
interactive (non-CPU-bound) use.
- Limited
non-interactive (batch) use. Maximum of 10 hours of non-interactive
CPU time per week.
PREMIUM SERVICE
("Large")
- Larger disk quota -
200 MB - with increases on request, up to available disk capacity.
(User groups may purchase additional hard disks, at market price, to
be installed on server computer.)
- Multiple system
simultaneous logon (parallel computing style) is permitted when
coordinated with the Engineering IT Office.
- Unlimited
interactive and batch use, subject to "fair use" regulation
by the Engineering IT Office.
TERMS OF
AVAILABILITY:
| USER
CATEGORY |
STANDARD
SERVICE |
PREMIUM
SERVICE |
| Undergraduates |
no
cost |
special
arrangement |
| Graduate,
unsponsored |
no
cost |
special
arrangement |
| Graduate,
sponsored |
$100
/ 6 months |
$200
/ 6 months |
| Faculty,
postdocs, visitors, staff, summer employees, etc. |
$100
/ 6 months |
$200
/ 6 months |
| Faculty
or TA, instructional use |
no
cost |
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An "unsponsored"
graduate student is one who does not have a sponsored research or job
affiliation. Normally this is a first-year student.
We presume that
sponsored graduate students, faculty, postdocs, etc. all have the ability
to pay for computing services. In rare cases when this is not true,
Engineering IT may choose to sponsor their computer usage.
A faculty member or
Teaching Assistant who certifies that he/she requires Unix access only for
teaching use may have a standard service account at no charge.
Account charges are by
half year (7/1-12/31 and 1/1-6/30) or by full year. This allows for users
who are graduating or going on leave. There is no further prorating. Users
will normally be asked to renew and re-qualify for a year at a time by
about July 1 each year.
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