Moving the cryosparc database in v4.7

Data Management
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Hello!

On one of our workstations the drive where the cryosparc database has been happily living for many years is running out of storage space.

Can I simply copy the entire database to a new location (on the same machine) and then change the CRYOSPARC_DB_PATH environment variable in cryosparc_master/config.sh to the new location? Or do I need to make changes elsewhere also? We are currently running the last version of cryosparc before v5, so 4.7-something.

Sorry, if this has been discussed previously. I could not find a post in the forum or anything in the guide for this exact type of case.

Thanks for the help!

/Ben

2

You would need to ensure that CryoSPARC is stopped completely before (and when)

  • copying the database directory
  • changing the CRYOSPARC_DB_PATH definition
3

i stopped cryosparc and then used the command cp -av source/ destination/

and then updated the config.sh file with the new destination.

I started cryosparc and everything looks good!

super easy! thanks! :slight_smile: