Design and Implementation of a Complete Data Storage, Processing and Management Solution for a Core-Based Mass Spectrometry Laboratory

摘要

A core-based mass spectrometry laboratory presents specific data management, processing, and storage challenges that can quickly overwhelm the capacities of the modern PC workstations typically found in university environments. Here we describe infrastructure, hardware and software considerations for the implementation of an affordable high performance proteomics and bioinformatics computing network for expert users and non-expert collaborators by employing such technologies as an automated Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS), the Trans-Proteomics Pipeline (TPP), and a secure Virtual Private Local Area Network (VLAN).