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Computing resources on Athena are assigned based on PLGrid computing grants. To perform computations on Athena you need to obtain a computing grant through the PLGrid Portal (https://portal.plgrid.pl/) and apply for Athena access through the PLGrid portal.
The work on Athena's storage is still underway. In the current setup, the long-term storage is sourced from Ares. Thus you need, access to Ares, to use the group directory storage on Athena. Performing high IO computations on group space is strictly forbidden!
If your grant is active, and you have applied for the service access, the request should be accepted in about half an hour. Please report any issues through the helpdesk.
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