On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 9:07 PM Dinuka Desilva <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Dimuthu, > > Let me bring back the questions we discussed at the call to a discussion > thread. We currently see the following requirements from MFT. Let's discuss > further here. > > 1) Transferring files from the microscopes to the users storage. In this, > there's no authentication layer between the users other than a root level > authentication (if there's anything possible). The user and folder > structure has to be understood from the folder or file path specified at > the microscope. > > Eg: if the file path at the microscope is > "./abce-microscope/dinuka/session-36/bacteria-sample.png", It should be > uploaded to the user "dinuka" to the folder "./abce-microscope/session-36" > in his user drive. > > @Marru, Suresh <[email protected]> @Kuruvilla, Tanya Elizabeth > <[email protected]> I would +1 for above. I believe it's good to let the > users share the files to the groups manually instead of taking that also > from the microscope file path. In my perspective, I would like not to share > directly. Instead I would like to go back to my computer and see the files > and do any modifications if needed and then share with the PI groups. > > 2) For file management, there's the need of managing folder structure for > individual users. And the users should be able to share the files or > folders to individual users or groups. > > @Christie, Marcus Aaron <[email protected]> I think for the user storage > management within the diravata-django-portal also, we could use MFT if > these requirements are satisfied from MFT. > Looking at the intention of MFT, I wonder if this is outside MFT scope. I believe there's no permanent storage of the files in MFT. Instead, MFT is a managed bridge for transferring files between two locations that could be from the same or different protocols. @[email protected] <[email protected]> @Marru, Suresh <[email protected]> I was just thinking whether it's through Custos the user file storage has to be there. Or even as in like a seperate service providing storage for every Custos user. > 3) Form the microscopes, since there's no way of getting individual user > authentication processed and it has to be deeply coupled with the path of > the files created (1) and also since the creation of the files is > continuous ,there's a need of having a folder syncing capability which has > to keep watching the file changes. > > Regards, > Dinuka > >
