Given the complexity of server/cluster setup and installation, UBDA provides free of charges on administration, system monitoring, and application supports for the project-based rack server colocations, if PI(s) are willing to share their rack server(s) to other researchers while the server(s) are not utilized.
Delegate/contact-person can make appointment with UBDA about server colocation, UBDA will check the compatibility (rack-mountable, power supply rating, network connection interface etc) and provides recommendations for the projects/applications requirement.
Once the departmental/projects servers have been procured and are already in PolyU Campus, UBDA will implement cable connection, network setup and help in liaising with PolyU ITS regarding the servers' network, firewall and security setup. Finally, UBDA will deploy the server’s services to the PI(s) research teammates to use, and UBDA will continue to provide system monitor and application support.
Since it is a free of charge service, and the server's inventory owner still remains under their parent department (not UBDA), therefore, we would expect the research outcome associated with the underlying co-located servers, should acknowledge the contribution of the administrative and technical support on their publications.
Here is an example in academic publications.
We acknowledge the University Research Facility in Big Data Analytics (UBDA) at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for providing technical support on the computing applications.
For more information, please contact with our scientific officer Dillian Wong (dillian.wong@polyu.edu.hk)
