All Rhineland-Palatinate colleges and universities are organized in the Rhineland-Palatinate Computer Centre Alliance (RARP). The purpose of RARP is to support all members of these institutions in the provision of IT infrastructures and to make better use of resources by offering centralized services.
RARP services of the RHRZ
The RPTU provides the following services for members of colleges and universities in Rhineland-Palatinate:
| Service | Service category | Target group(s) | Availability | Costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Server virtualization | Virtual machines | Employees | nationwide | chargeable |
| HPC | High Performance Computing | Researchers | nationwide | free of charge |
| Tape backup | Data backup | Employees IT | nationwide | chargeable |
| NFS backup | Data backup | Employees IT | nationwide | chargeable |
| PBS backup | Data backup | Employees IT | nationwide | chargeable |
| SSH backup | Data backup | Employees | nationwide | free of charge |
| GitLab | Version management | Employees and students | nationwide | free of charge |
| Mattermost | chat platform | Employees and students | nationwide | free of charge |
| Jitsi | video conference | Employees and students | nationwide | free of charge |
| OpenProject | Project management | Employees and students | on request | free of charge |
| Overleaf CE | Online LaTeX editor | Employees and students | nationwide | free of charge |
| DataHub | FDM memory | Researchers | on request | for a fee |
| iRODS | FDM archive | Researchers | on request | with costs |
| elabFTW | FDM lab book | Researchers | on request | free of charge |
| Invenio | FDM publications | Researchers | under construction | with costs |
Server virtualization
For employees - nationwide - for a fee
As a flexible method of outsourcing complete servers, we offer the option of operating virtual machines (VM) in our virtualization cluster. We are happy to provide support in defining the RAM, CPUs and storage equipment.
This service is subject to a charge; one "small" VM per employee is available free of charge.
Find out more: Virtual machines (RHRZ service page)
Send us a message to rz-support(at)rptu.de for more information on using the service at RPTU.
High Performance Computing (HPC)
For researchers - state-wide - free of charge
All academic staff at universities in Rhineland-Palatinate can use our high-performance computer "Elwetritsch" as part of the AHRP(https://www.ahrp.info) to carry out complex simulations or time-consuming calculations.
Find out more: High-performance computer (service page of the RHRZ)
To use the service, please register at https://login.rarp-kl.de/ and follow the instructions there.
Tape backup
For IT employees - nationwide - subject to a charge
For long-term archiving of large amounts of data, we offer a tape backup based on IBM Spectrum Protect (formerly: Tivoli).
Find out more: Backup and archive services (RHRZ service page)
To use the service, please register at https://login.rarp-kl.de/ and follow the instructions there.
NFS backup
For IT employees - nationwide - for a fee
In order to also offer solutions for data management platforms (such as veeam, Rubrik, ...), we also provide NFS shares directly as a flexible backup target.
Write us a message at rz-support(at)rptu.de for more information on how to use the service.
PBS backup
For IT employees - nationwide - for a fee
We provide a Proxmox backup server for backing up Proxmox PVE-based virtualization solutions. This can be used either as a primary backup server or as a sync target for a local PBS server.
Write us a message at rz-support(at)rptu.de for more information on how to use the service.
SSH backup
For employees - nationwide - free of charge
We offer access via SSH to conveniently back up small amounts of data. Common clients are already supported on the server side (rsync, obnam, borg), others can be requested.
To use the service, please register at https://login.rarp-kl.de/ and follow the instructions there.
GitLab
For employees and students - nationwide - free of charge
Gitlab is a version management software and is used in software development to keep defined code states and, of course, the associated documentation in one place.
Find out more: GitLab (service page of the RHRZ)
To use the service, go to https://gitlab.rarp-kl.de and log in via Shibboleth with your account from your home organization.
Mattermost
For employees and students - nationwide - free of charge
teamwork.rarp-kl.de is a modern chat platform that enables teamwork in real time on a wide range of devices. Mattermost is the underlying software.
You can log in via your internet browser or download the Mattermost app for use on your desktop computer or mobile device.
Learn more: Mattermost (service page of the RHRZ)
The URL of the Mattermost server is: https://teamwork.rarp-kl.de
Jitsi
For employees and students - nationwide - free of charge
Jitsi is an open source video conferencing application with high quality and low latency.
The application was developed for ad-hoc video conferences. The more participants you have on a call, the more resources you need for your hardware.
Learn more: Jitsi (RHRZ service page)
Start a Jitsi video call in your browser at: https://jitsi.rarp-kl.de
OpenProject
For employees and students - on request - free of charge
OpenProject is a web-based project management software for location-independent collaboration between project teams. RPTU has licensed the Enterprise version.
Find out more: OpenProject (service page of the RHRZ)
Start OpenProject in your browser: https: //pm.rz.rptu.de
Overleaf CE
For employees and students - nationwide - free of charge
Overleaf Community Edition (still known to many as "ShareLaTeX") is an open-source, collaborative online LaTeX editor.
A one-time registration for the RARP Overleaf Community Edition is required for use on the RHRZ servers. Please register at https://login.rarp-kl.de/ and follow the instructions there.
Learn more: Overleaf CE (RHRZ service page)
Start Overleaf CE in the browser: https://overleaf.rarp-kl.de
DataHub
For researchers - on request - for a fee
RPTU DataHUB is a GitLab-based platform for managing and sharing FAIR research data (i.e. findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable).
Learn more: DataHaub (service page of the RHRZ)
Directly to the platform: https: //datahub.rz.rptu.de
iRODS
For researchers - on request - for a fee
Open source data management software solution for long-term archiving of research data in collaboration with Johannes Gutenberg University(JGU) Mainz
Currently only a test operation is possible.
Learn more: Archiving research data with iRODSs at JGU Mainz
elabFTW
For researchers - on request - free of charge
Web-based software for planning, monitoring and documenting scientific experiments in collaboration with the Collaborative Research Center 173 Spin+X and the OPTIMAS profile area
Find out more: Electronic lab notebook elabFTW at Spin+X
Invenio
For researchers - under construction - chargeable
RPTU RDR "Research Data Repository" is an institutional research data repository at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau that enables the publication of research data. This repository is based on InvenioRDM and supports the FAIR principles.
Further information on InvenioRDM can be found at https://inveniosoftware.org/products/rdm/.