[ome-devel] Archive integrity check during OMERO Insight import

[Chris Allan]

Hi Niko,

On 4 Jul 2012, at 14:44, Niko Ehrenfeuchter wrote:

> Hi Chris,
> 
> On 04.07.2012 09:53, Chris Allan wrote:
>> Hi Alex,
>> 
>> On 28 Jun 2012, at 15:00, Alex Herbert wrote:
>> 
>>> Dear All,
>>> 
>>> When importing and archiving images into OMERO is there an
>>> integrity check on the archived data? For example a comparison
>>> between an MD5 sum on the original data on either side of the
>>> connection. I assume that the overhead of such a check would be far
>>> less than the current work of translating the pixel data into the
>>> OMERO format and the time taken to transmit it via the network.
>> 
>> The answer to your question is that we only do this (via a SHA1 sum)
>> to the pixel data on import. There is provision to do it to the
>> original files that are uploaded to the server via the "archive"
>> process but we don't mostly for performance reasons. In fact there is
> 
> may I ask what you refer to by the "archive" process? Is there an option to store the raw files on the OMERO server as well, maybe some combined import?

Yes there is. You enable it by selecting the "Archive" checkbox in OMERO.insight when importing. It does exactly what you're asking, copies the original raw files to the OMERO server.

> Cheers from Basel
> ~Niko

-Chris