Graduating Students - Research Computing Resources

Explains what happens to your access to Research Computing resources when you graduate.

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What happens

• When you leave Dartmouth you will no longer be able to login to the multi-user Linux systems such as:
  • Polaris
  • Andes
  • Discovery cluster
• You will also lose access to DartFS network storage.

Deadline

• Approximately 60 days after graduating, any DartFS storage that is in your name will be deleted.
• After 60 days, it is sometimes still possible to recover deleted data from backups.
  • Please email research.computing@dartmouth.edu to check if your data is still recoverable.

What you need to do

• If you want to save anything from DartFS it is important to do so before you have actually left Dartmouth.
• If you will be collaborating with a Dartmouth researcher after you leave, a current Dartmouth staff or faculty member can request that your account be left active for the duration of the collaboration.