Introduction 

WestGrid was a regional research computing support organization comprising support personnel in Western Canada, and ceased operations on March 31, 2022. Compute Canada was the national research computing organization providing national coordination of research computing systems, services, and support across Canada, and ceased operations on March 31, 2022. Western Canadian operations continue, with the University of Alberta and other AB, SK, and MB institutions belonging to Prairies DRI. Many researchers may refer to WestGrid with respect to HPC resources, although the resources now are properly referred to as Digital Research Alliance of Canada resources, briefly "the Alliance", as that organization assumes operation of Advanced Research Computing, Research Data Management, and Research Software services nationally on April 1, 2022.

This article will provide links for information and support resources pertaining to Westgrid.

Applicability 

This article was written for users unfamiliar with or needing assistance accessing national Advanced Research Computing services.

Details

Researchers referencing "WestGrid" or "Compute Canada" should be encouraged to contact Alliance support staff directly by sending an e-mail to support@tech.alliancecan.ca or accounts@tech.alliancecan.ca to get started. 

Any support questions should be sent to: 
support@tech.alliancecan.ca

Keywords: NDRIO, Alliance, Large data set, SuperComputer, Computing, Data, Research, cluster, Compute Canada, WestGrid