The Facility for Advanced Computing (FAC) provides secure, affordable, and scalable data storage and computing services to the university’s researchers. FAC supports a range of needs, including storage, server hosting, and network isolation, enabling researchers to efficiently meet their objectives. FAC can be used for P1-P4 data, and is designed to meet strict compliance and service standards, ensuring a cost-effective and reliable solution for the UCSF research community.
Services
FAC supports a range of needs to enable researchers to meet their objectives: diverse storage offerings, server hosting, network isolation and computing services. FAC services have been in development - please visit the service pages for timing of availability of these services.
- FAC Capacity Storage (Warm): FAC’s secure, low-cost storage is the go-to standard for your frequently accessed and mission-critical data that demands swift retrieval.
- FAC Virtual Machine (VM): FAC Virtual Machine hosting allows you to optimize secure computing resources while minimizing hardware and administrative costs.
- FAC Archive Storage (Cold): Archive Storage through Enterprise Azure, securely stores data that you don’t access frequently, such as regulatory compliance records, backup data, archival big-data analysis, or disaster recovery information.
- FAC Buy a Server (BaS): Purchase a physical server and supporting equipment from an IT-approved list, while the FAC provides a secure, centralized, and observable hosting environment.
Directions
- Schedule a call with FAC team to determine if FAC solutions is a good fit for you.
- Understand the user expectations and shared operational responsibilities for using the FAC.
Support
- Contact FAC support for existing customer technical support.
- Join the FAC Technical Support Office Hours.