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LIMS Light performance progression. This Figure shows the upload and download performance of LIMS Light. The low performance on small files is the result of a large metadata overhead.

LIMS Light usecase screenshot. In this Figure the usecase barlex_usecase is presented by several screenshots comprising the project view, the experiment view, the workset view as well as the uploaded files.

LIMS Light workflow. The LIMS Light workflow has a hierarchical structure. The files are located in worksets which are related to experiments. These experiments are connected to a specific project. All data is described by meta information. Furthermore, the projects and experiments are protected by a data access control.

IPK system architecture or primary lab data management. Primary lab data management pipeline comprising the client with LIMS Light Uploader and APEX web application, the Database Server with the BFiler Database package and the LIMS Light metadata scheme, the HSM file storage and the Application Server with the Download Servlet.

Primary data workflow. General primary data workflow in life sciences describing how primary data is generated. Experiments comprise different samples; based on experiment and sample, several measurements are performed. After quantification there is a step of data processing and analysis which results in life science research.

universal system architecture or primary lab data management. Architecture to realise a system for primary lab data management - The architecture includes components for upload and retrieval of primary lab data, a transport layer to transfer the data from the client side to the server side, a RDBMS storage component comprising a data access control, a metadata storage and index for fast data retrieval, and a file storage component to store the primary lab data itself.