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Julien,
<div class="">are you referring to the raw data, or are you trying to archive all of the files associated with a project? </div>
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<div class="">Counting-mode movies are generally stored and archived as compressed tiff stacks, though if they are collected on a Falcon, there are issues with this, as good compression is achieved only pre-normalization (or post-normalization if you decide
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<div class="">If you want to perfectly archive everything exactly as it is (losslessly), some compression algorithms may do very slightly better than others, but pretty much any of the commonly used algorithms will do about the same. Usually the slower ones
will do slightly better, but you have to decide if it's worth the CPU time the compression takes. By definition, the noisier the data is, the less compressible it is, unless you are willing to invoke "lossy" compression and throw away some of the bits of
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<div class="">Most people just opt for the "hard drive on a shelf" method for completed projects, which has advantages (cheap/simple) and disadvantages (what happens if the drive dies)...</div>
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<div class="">On Aug 29, 2019, at 6:30 AM, Julien Bous <<a href="mailto:julien.bous@etu.umontpellier.fr" class="">julien.bous@etu.umontpellier.fr</a>> wrote:</div>
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I have a question about the best way to store my data once SPA projects are achieved. Can you advise me about which compression format is to prefer?<br class="">
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Thank you for your interest,<br class="">
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Julien<br class="">
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