If a project is detached, it is possible to preview the results. However, one cannot download the underlying assets (maps, for example). It would be useful to enable a ‘readonly’ attachment, where the job is fully viewable, and assets downloadable, but no writing to the project directory is allowed (by the user or by cryosparc). I detach my projects and archive the underlying volumes into a readonly archive.
Related to this request, I wonder if it would be possible to have a “cryosparc project viewer” that would enable users to inspect projects in read-only mode? If this could be installed on any basic workstation, i.e. without the usual hardware requirements for a cryosparc instance, that would be fantastic. Also if this could be done without the need to detach projects from the processing instance, that would be even better. We are now using CS via Open OnDemand on an HPC cluster and sometimes it takes several minutes to launch a session, which can be frustrating if you just want to take a quick look at some output. Thanks for your consideration.
Thanks for your post @lawsond. Please can you describe (possibly via links to your facility’s documentation):
- how a user would access CryoSPARC on your cluster
- what resources are reserved for a user’s CryoSPARC session
- how a user’s CryoSPARC outputs are persisted between sessions
- whether CryoSPARC instances within your Open OnDemand offering are shared or dedicated to individual users