Policy
If a Unity user doesn’t log into the portal at https://unity.rc.umass.edu for six months, said user’s account will be locked.
- Lock warning emails and notices upon login will happen for 5 weeks
- Locked accounts cannot log into any part of Unity except the portal
- If it is a PI account: Members of the PI’s group will also receive these notifications
- If it is a standard account: The PI will be notified when the account is locked
If a Unity account is locked for a year
If it is a PI account:
- The home institution’s designated representative will be contacted and given a chance to retrieve the relevant data or have a conversation about extenuating circumstances.
- With the agreement of the home institution, all data in the PI’s
/workand/homeand/projectdirectories will be deleted. This data cannot be recovered. - All accounts will be removed from the PI group
- The PI’s slurm account will be deleted
If it is a standard account:
- All data in the user’s home directory will be deleted
- Data created by that user that is in
/workand/projectdirectories will be untouched - The account will be removed from all PI groups
- The PI will receive a notification that the account has been deleted
Deletion warning emails will be sent for 9 weeks.
FAQ
If I am a PI and you deleted my /work or /project data because I left my account locked for a year, can that data be recovered for any period of time?
No, it cannot. Unity is not intended for long-term storage and doesn’t have backups.
If my PI account was deleted, can I apply for a PI account in the future?
Yes, absolutely. Just log into the portal and request one like you did the first time.
If my PI let their account get deleted and I had data in their /work or /project directories, can I get that data back?
No, you cannot.