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Distributed Object Storage

Abstract

You may find that your Galaxy files directory has run out of space, but you don't want to move all of the files from one filesystem to another. One solution to this problem is to use Galaxy's hierarchical object store to add an additional file space for Galaxy.

About This Material

This is a Hands-on Tutorial from the GTN which is usable either for individual self-study, or as a teaching material in a classroom.

Questions this will address

  • How does Galaxy locate data?
  • How can I have Galaxy use multiple storage locations?

Learning Objectives

  • Setup Galaxy with both the Hierarachical and Distributed Object Storages

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Keywords: Galaxy Server administration, ansible, storage

Target audience: Galaxy Administrators

Resource type: e-learning

Version: 27

Status: Active

Prerequisites:

  • Ansible
  • Galaxy Installation with Ansible

Learning objectives:

  • Setup Galaxy with both the Hierarachical and Distributed Object Storages

Date modified: 2024-06-25

Date published: 2019-01-28

Authors: Gianmauro Cuccuru, Helena Rasche, Nate Coraor

Contributors: Anthony Bretaudeau, Björn Grüning, Bérénice Batut, Eli Chadwick, Helena Rasche, John Chilton, Lucille Delisle, Marius van den Beek, Martin Čech, Nate Coraor, Nicola Soranzo, Saskia Hiltemann, Simon Gladman

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