Ecaccess concepts

• ECaccess gateway
• Using an ECaccess gateway
• Plugins

ECaccess is a framework for batch and interactive access to ECMWF services for Member States and other ECMWF users.

The components of ECaccess are:

• The ECaccess gateways: all Member State users can access the ECMWF computing and archiving facilities through a gateway. Full ECaccess functionality requires an ECaccess gateway to be installed at the Member State. Alternatively, reduced ECaccess functionality is available on the ECMWF ECaccess gateway.
• The ECaccess Server: all gateways are connected to this server. It provides technical and high level services to the gateway, allowing generic access to computing and archiving facilities at ECMWF (through "ecgate").
• The "ecgate" server: includes services such as the local LoadLeveler batch system, the (LoadLeveler) batch system on c1a (the High Performance Computing Facility) and access to the ECFS, HOME and SCRATCH storage areas.