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Data Storage and Analysis

At the heart of the CIAN lies a server to which connect the acquisition units directly. Data stored on the server can be analyzed or processed on our analysis workstations with a variety of software suites for data analysis. Alternatively, analysis can be performed on any by our analysis software through a license server.

The CIAN IT infrastructure is managed by SunBioGen, under the supervision of Dr. Guillaume Lesage.

Click on the tabs below for information!

Server and Computers

Data Storage

Server

Server

cian [at] mcgill [dot] ca (contact us) for account creation request

Image Processing/Analysis

WS2

WS2: Apple workstation

Calendar
Technical Specs
WS3

WS3: PC workstation

Calendar
Technical Specs

DiGE Data Analysis

Decyder Workstation (PC)

Decyder PC

cian [at] mcgill [dot] ca (contact us)
for using this equipment

 

For acces to the instruments and account creation, cian [at] mcgill [dot] ca (contact us).

Software

  •   Software for microscopy analysis:
    • Imaris (Bitplane)
    • Metamorph (Molecular Devices)
    • Volocity (Perkinelmer)
    • Openlab (Perkinelmer)
    • Image Pro / Autoquant (Media Cybernetics)
    • Image J (http://rsbweb.nih.gov/ij/)
  •   Software for 2-D/DiGE analysis:
    • Decyder (GE Healthcare)

Some software are accessible from the CIAN workstations only, and some can be accessed from non-CIAN computers through a license server.

cian [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Contact us) for more information.

Protocol to Connect to the CIAN server

You must connect to the McGill network either on a wired connection or via VPN.

MAC Users

  1. cian [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Contact CIAN) to get a username and a password
  2. In Finder, press Command + K
  3. Server address: perola.biol.mcgill.ca
  4. Type your username
  5. Type your password
  6. Press Enter
  7. Select CIANUSERS volume to mount
  8. Click OK

You are now connected to the CIAN SAN and can work on it as if it was an additional drive

PC Users

  1. cian [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Contact CIAN) to get a username and a password
  2. In Start menu, click <Run>
  3. Server address: \\132.206.213.90
  4. Type your username
  5. Type your password
  6. Press Enter
  7. Select CIANUSERS volume to mount

You are now connected to the CIAN SAN and can work on it as if it was an additional drive
When you are done log off the computer to avoid other users to access your account/folder in CIANUSERS


Note to PC users: Depending on your computer configuration, you may have to use third party software such as WinSCP (freely available at http://winscp.net/) to connect to the server.
If this is your case, cian [at] mcgill [dot] ca (contact us) for help to install and configure WinSCP on your system.

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Updated on Mon, 2013-04-08 09:25
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