Microscopy Facility

Data Storage

The Microscopy Facility maintains long and short-term data storage and back-up, but  the user is ultimately responsible for their data. All imaging should be saved directly to the microscopy server, but users should have a mechanism to remove and back-up their data to CD, DVD, external drives or Flash media.

File Naming for the Microscopy Server - Files on the microscopy server are backed-up daily and archived yearly. Files usually remain on the server until May of the following year. In May, all files from the previous year must be removed to accommodate storage needs for ongoing work. Each user should create a “Year” sub-folder for inclusion in their folder directory. Inside the year folder, each session should be placed in a file with the date using the following format: YearMonthDay, i.e. 2005July12. This process will make it much easier to find and purge files at the end of each year.