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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. |