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storage_management [2021/08/31 14:48]
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storage_management [2022/02/11 19:22]
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 PMA.core supports the following storage media: PMA.core supports the following storage media:
  
-  * local hard disk (think of you conventional C: and D: drives and partitions) +  * local hard disk (think of you conventional ​''​C:'' ​and ''​D:'' ​drives and partitions) 
-  * network storage like SMB shares (must be accessible via UNC \\server\path\to\data routes)+  * network storage like SMB shares (must be accessible via UNC ''​%%\\server\path\to\data%%'' ​routes)
   * S3-compliant cloud storage (Amazon AWS, Western Digital HGST, NetApp, Arvados, IBM...)   * S3-compliant cloud storage (Amazon AWS, Western Digital HGST, NetApp, Arvados, IBM...)
   * Microsoft Azure storage   * Microsoft Azure storage
   * FTP server (yup, that [[https://​www.filezilla.org|free FileZilla File Transfer Protocol server]] is still around and can be now put to new uses for digital pathology applications!)   * FTP server (yup, that [[https://​www.filezilla.org|free FileZilla File Transfer Protocol server]] is still around and can be now put to new uses for digital pathology applications!)
  
-Our tile server introduces [[working_with_root_directories|root-directories]]:​ virtual mounting points that can point to any of these types of storage, where you have your slides available.+Our tile server introduces [[root_directories|root directories]]:​ virtual mounting points that can point to any of these types of storage, where you have your slides available.
  
 Most importantly,​ you can configure your root-directories in a hybrid fashion, with some storage pointing to traditional hard disks, and other (perhaps long term) storage pointing to cloud resources. Most importantly,​ you can configure your root-directories in a hybrid fashion, with some storage pointing to traditional hard disks, and other (perhaps long term) storage pointing to cloud resources.
storage_management.txt · Last modified: 2023/11/21 13:50 by chris