Radiant is an NCSA/ICI cost-recovery service offering on-premises, cloud-compatible computing through OpenStack to support research for NCSA, campus, industry partners, and collaborators at cost.
About This Offering
Features and Benefits
- More affordable than commercial cloud services
- Direct access to NCSA Taiga and Harbor file services
- No data exfiltration fees
- Per project Radiant support may be available from Illinois Computes
- Qualified funding via Illinois Computes - apply through the NCSA XRAS portal
- Virtual Machines at cost
- Flexible resource allocations
- Direct access to Taiga storage on VM
- Standard OpenStack self-managed cloud services
Other Names
NCSA Composable Computing Service | NCSA OpenStack Service | NCSA private cloud computing service
Provider
NCSA
Using This Offering
Who can use this offering?
- Faculty and Staff
- Students
- NCSA Industry Partner Program members
- Outside collaborators with University Faculty/Staff
How do I request this offering?
https://xras-submit.ncsa.illinois.edu/login
Is there a charge to use this offering?
- Radiant resource allocation rates: Radiant Resource Rates
- Radiant Users with an allocation from Illinois Computes pay nothing for that allocation
Where can I learn more?
Radiant User Documentation
Support
How do I get help?
Click on the Get Help button on the right side of this page.
When is support available?
University Business Hours
Is training available?
No