Question: Use Of Public Server Vs Local Installation
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Jian WJ Wang • 20 wrote:
Dear Galaxy team:
I was recently introduced to Galaxy framework by my colleagues
in
Singapore. I am very impressed with it and want to start using it
right
away. Now the questions are whether I should use the public server or
attempt a local installation. I understand this depends on how we
intend
to use the system. What I would like to get advice from you is the
security of using public server. If I setup my login and start using
the
system for private data, say high throughput sequencing data, who else
could possibly see my data without my knowing it?
As you know, pharmaceutical companies traditionally have a
tendency
to setup everything if possible locally. With the recent data
explosion,
it is becoming more and more unrealistic to maintain internal copies
of
public tools and data. More importantly, I feel it could be a waste
of
resource and could introduce unnecessary data provenance problems.
From
the server maintenance standpoint, how much effort is needed to keep
the
framework up and running? Do you encourage pharmaceutical companies
to use
your public server? Have you thought about carving out a section of
your
server to private users for a fee? I anticipate one or two people to
use
the server initially for a period of time when we initially get the
data
and afterwards occasionally use it. I hope to avoid local
installation if
I possible.
Best regards,
-Jian
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Jian Wang, PhD Informatics Eli Lilly &
Co. Phone: 317
655 3496 E-mail: jian.wang@lilly.com
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