WestGrid
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WestGrid is a government-funded infrastructure program that began in 2003, mainly in Western Canada. It provides institutional research faculty and students access to high-performance computing and distributed data storage, using a combination of grid, networking, and collaboration tools. WestGrid is one of four partners within the umbrella organization, Compute Canada.
WestGrid is a government-funded infrastructure program that began in 2003, mainly in Western Canada. It provides institutional research faculty and students access to high-performance computing and distributed data storage, using a combination of grid, networking, and collaboration tools. WestGrid is one of four partners within the umbrella organization, Compute Canada. ==Principal participants== WestGrid has 14 partner institutions across four provinces - British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The participating institutions include: Simon Fraser University University of British Columbia University of Victoria University of Northern British Columbia The Banff Centre University of Alberta University of Calgary University of Lethbridge Athabasca University University of Saskatchewan University of Regina University of Manitoba University of Winnipeg Brandon University WestGrid also works in partnership with each province's Optical Regional Advanced Network. WestGrid's network partners include: BCNET Cybera SRnet MRnet CANARIE ==References== ==External links== Official website
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