JATOS with network attached storage device (e.g., Synology)?

debra_titone

Hi all -

I was wondering if there were any general guidelines/advice/documentation available for how to collect data from Open Sesame remotely using Jatos and a network attached storage device, such as Synology.

Is anyone already doing this?

Thanks,

Debra Titone (McGill)

Daniel

Hi Debra,

@kri probably knows more about this, but as far as I know, Jatos stores the data inside a database. The NAS system you describe is for physical files, so that would be the step after this, as in, you need to export the data from Jatos first to store it in a physical file (such as Excel or any format of you choosing). So I don't think Jatos doesn't have any support for external storage locations, unless you also decide to physically store your database (or its data) on an external location on the NAS, but that is outside of the scope of Jatos and is probably something you should ask your network administrator,.

debra_titone

Thanks for your reply!

I actually think that some NAS devices have some server capabilities and are not just passive storage, but I'm new to this and not entirely sure..

We're still tinkering here with it on my lab Synology device, and if we can find a clear solution, we'll let people know..

but if anyone has any other advice, we're totally open to it!

kri

Hi Debra,

initially I was in line with Daniel, a NAS is just a way to store files via the network (in opposite to build-in your computer or attached via e.g. USB). But after searching, it seems those Synology NAS are more than that and do have some server capabilities. I found a description where they had Java (necessary for JATOS) running on it. And in another one someone even installed a Minecraft server on it (after adding a lot of RAM). Unfortunately, I have no experience with such things :( - but keep us posted, I'm interested to hear whether it worked out.

Best,

Kristian

debra_titone

thanks for your response.. we got it working in my house via our personal synology device - the next step is to figure out how to decouple the database from where jatos is living, and to see if one can take a virtual machine approach to this where the experiment runs in one semi-public area, but the data automatically get stored to somewhere more secure..

kri

Impressive ;)