Data Storage

Posted by Claire Brown on
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I'm working on some numbers for cyberinfrastructure for Compute Canada. I am not currently doing single point localization microscopy but we plan to get into it.

I just wonder is there a consensus in the field if the raw images for each point localization have to be retained for 7 years or are people just keeping the localization data? When I do these calculations I get the following so it seems impossible with existing infrastructure to retain the raw data.

2000 x 2000 pixel camera and 16-bit images = 2000x2000x16 = 64 MB per image

10,000 frames for single molecule imaging and two colour super resolution
10,000x2x64 = 1.28 TB

4 conditions, 10 images per condition, experiment done in triplicate
1.28 TBx4x10x3 = 154 TB per experiment

So I'm guessing people are not keeping the raw data or I made a mistake in my calculations.

Looking forward to some feedback!

Sincerely,

Claire