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ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATION
ASC Accounting System and Procedures
A
n account will automatically be prohibited
from further processing when the account
limit is exceeded. When this occurs, a user will not
be allowed to begin an interactive session or batch
job and will receive a message stating that the dollar
limit has been exceeded for the session.
T
he computer accounting system
for the Alabama Cray C90
supercomputer uses standard
UNICOS accounting data with
several
enhancements.
The
enhancements provide the following
functions:
•Dollar limits on accounts
•Current and total resource usage
display
•Proprietary program surcharge
handling
•Month-end billing information
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A user applying for an account will be asked to
specify which surcharged programs will be used,
and authorization for those programs will be added
to the account. When an account uses one of the
surcharged programs, the accounting system looks
up the associated surcharge rate in an internal table
and adds it to the dollar amount charged to the
account.
Month-end accounting report files are reviewed by
the Alabama Supercomputer Authority. Actual
dollar amounts from these reports are used by the
Authority's accounting system to compute the
amount billed to commercial users and users with
software royalty charges. Unsponsored academic
research accounts are not billed directly but are
limited by the account dollar limit mechanism to
ensure an equitable distribution of the high
performance computing resources.
The accounting system and related procedures
handle all the administrative requirements for
accounting. Procedures in place for adding new
accounts, deleting unused or expired accounts, and
modifying existing accounts include actions to
handle such situations as increasing the dollar limit,
adjusting for charge backs, changing rate schedules
and priority factors, changing expiration dates, and
handling security in case of forgotten passwords.
The applications analyst or account authority for an
account can help solve problems relating to such
issues.
Alabama Supercomputer Center User Manual - Fifth Edition