Resource catalogue

Discover the self-serve research computing resources we have available. Visit the Home page to request these resources.

Personal Resources

Resources available to you directly as a researcher.
Linux Researcher Desktop COMPUTE

Launch a remote, virtual Linux desktop computer with all the standard parameters and features, and scale up beyond these whenever you need more power.

Windows Researcher Desktop COMPUTE

Launch a remote, virtual Windows desktop computer with all the standard parameters and features, and scale up beyond these whenever you need more power.

Activity Resources

Resources available for an ‘Activity’ that you define for us (a given research project you’re working on).
Shareable with other researchers if you want to add collaborators to your Activity.
Attica STORAGE

Retent your research data collections at the end of their lifecycles, for defined time periods, for safekeeping and retention compliance purposes.

DaRIS STORAGE

Store and manage your imaging data (from scanners like MRI and PET/CT) on a purpose built biomedical imaging data management platform.

Dedicated Hardware COMPUTE

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Mediaflux STORAGE

Securely store and share your data with others using the University's prime research data management (RDM) platform.

NVivo Collaboration Server COMPUTE

Share your active NVivo projects using our central NVivo Collaboration Server.

Object Storage (S3-compatible) STORAGE

Store and share your data on a specialised object storage system specifically designed tointegrate with S3 compatible APIs and software.

Omeka STORAGE

Showcase your scholarly collections with other researchers and the general public via a 'five minute set up' self-publishing platform.

Research Server COMPUTE

Launch a customisable virtual computer and use it as a cloud-based server or a computational workhorse, with access to additional specialty capabilities such as GPGPUs and GPUs, fast core instances, high core count instances, and lots of RAM.

RStudio and Shiny Server COMPUTE

Use RStudio and the Shiny package to build interactive web applications in R and host them on a managed server on the Melbourne Research Cloud.

Can't find what you're looking for?

Research Computing Services has other services available outside the Portal (because they’re not quite self-serve yet).
High Performance Computing service (Spartan) SERVICE

Get access to a High Performance Computing cluster, for processing large-scale parallel computing and high-throughput computing

Melbourne Research Cloud SERVICE

Create and fully manage your own virtual compute and storage resources.