flow cytometry shared resource bioinformatics improvements/bluearc storage
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Early steps to save the data
Archived years of data off instrument workstations
Received permission to “cyber-squat” on Crowe’s personal lab server for a few years
Daily to weekly archiving procedure to store condensed, archive formatted data
More of an emergency measure, not meant to be a real solution
Poor model for customer satisfaction, lab workflow
May 2009 VICC Review
Bioinformatics identified as a weakness
Instructed to work with the VICC Bioinformatics Core (Masys)
No financial support = no progressWe did not have the money to do this ourselves at the time
March 2011 Crowe server ending it’s usable life span
Bluearc space became available
Data transferred to Bluearc, external drives
Still no automation, no easy user access
August 2011Office of Research internal funding opportunity
We proposed to develop a better bioinformatics program for our Core-accepted!
Scott Sobecki, Bioinformatics CoreDeveloped software to “sniff out” new data, upload to server
Developed Web Portal for user access to data
Programmers kept getting recruited away from the project
Future ChallengesHow well is it really working?
Only works with some internet browsers currently
The good old Mac vs. PC issue is alive and well(even on intel macs)
How long do we keep the data?