WBS 2.5.1 Resource Allocation Service (RAS), Office of the Director

Mission Statement

The Resource Allocation Service (RAS) will build on XSEDE’s current allocation processes and evolve to meet the challenges presented by new types of resources to be allocated via XSEDE, new computing and data modalities to support increasingly diverse research needs, and large-scale demands from the user community for limited XSEDE-allocated resources.

Goals, Metrics & KPIs

Metrics

Metric	Target	Subgoal
User satisfaction with XRAS system	4 of 5	Sustain - Provide excellent user support
User satisfaction with allocations process	4 of 5	Sustain - Provide excellent user support
Availability of XRAS	99%	Sustain - Provide reliable, efficient, and secure infrastructure

KPIs

KPI	Target
Average user satisfaction rating for allocations and other support services*	4 of 5
Average composite availability of core services**	99%

*This is a composite KPI calculated by taking the average of the metrics for "User satisfaction with XRAS system" and "User satisfaction with allocations process"

**This KPI contributes to the Operations Area Metric "Average composite availability of core services (geometric mean of critical services and XRAS)"

Leadership Team

Name	Institution	Position	Email
Dave Hart	National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)	Director	dhart@ucar.edu
Sonia Nayak	San Diego Supercomputer Center	Project manager	s1nayak@sdsc.edu
Ester Soriano	National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA)	A3M manager	esoriano@illinois.edu
Ken Hackworth	Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC)	APP manager	hackworth@psc.edu