A SLAC Unix computer account is required to use our compute and storage services. Staff, users and collaborators affiliated with current SLAC research programs may request a Unix account by contacting their supervisor or research sponsor. The supervisor/sponsor should use this web page to request an account on your behalf:
The public login hosts are available as part of load-balanced pools. To access them, ssh <pool-name>.
| Pool name | Number in pool | OS | Hardware | Intended Use |
| centos7 | 4 | Centos7 (64-bit) | 100GB /scratch, 16 cpu cores, 48GB memory | Interactive compute- intensive work. |
| rhel6-64 | 17 | Rhel6 (64-bit) | /usr/work or /scratch, 2 CPU cores, 16 GB memory | Interactive compute- intensive work |