Instrument's computers

For the purpose of keeping instruments and software functioning efficiently, data files are deleted from computer hard drives routinely. It is the user's responsibility to export all files of all types to the shared network drive at the conclusion of each appointment. Any data files left on the instrument computers are deleted daily. The only exception is experiment files generated on the BD FACS Melody sorter, which cannot be exported and are therefore kept locally and not deleted.

Shared network drive

Data stored on the shared network drive will be kept available for a maximum of two years. The current year is read/write, whereas the past year is read-only access. The shared network drive is not a substitute for your own data storage. Please make copies of all files for your own long-term management. After two years, the data is moved off the shared network drive to an archive, and retrieval may incur fees.

Amazon Deep Glacier

Users can contact the Flow Cytometry Facility staff to request retrieval of archived data. There will be a charge of $100 per request (Amazon Deep Glacier charges the facility same amount). Users requesting data retrieval must provide:

1. Date (s) files were generated;
2. Type (s) of instruments data files were generated from; and
3. Name (s) of the file (s) to be retrieved.