Essen BioScience IncuCyte ZOOM - Archiving Vessels

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The archiving process copies the selected data from the controller to a new location. Data is not
deleted from the IncuCyte controller as part of the archiving process. Once archiving has
completed successfully (without errors), the original Vessel data should be deleted from the
controller to clear hard drive space for future scans.
Once deleted, Vessels CANNOT be retrieved. Image data contained within archives CANNOT be
re-analyzed.
archiving. Once vessels have been archived, they should be deleted from the IncuCyte controller
in order to free hard drive space for future scans.
Archiving is a data management tool used to keep historical records of your vessels. Important
vessels that have been fully analyzed should be archived for emergency back-up purposes.
Importantly, image data contained within archives cannot be re-analyzed. While regular archiving
is essential for data management, it is recommended that vessels remain on the controller as
long as they are being actively evaluated.
7.8.1 Archiving Vessels
To initiate archiving, select the Archives option located on the left side task list.
Once selected, the “Create New Archive” table is active, displaying all vessels available
for archiving. Users can search the entire Archiving Vessels table using the “Find” field or
within individual columns. (Refer to 7.4.1.2 for details on the searching tools within the
IncuCyte™ ZOOM software).
Important concepts to remember while creating an archive are listed below:
Due to the volume of data involved, archives are more likely to be written
successfully when the archive size is kept small. Essen BioScience recommends
archiving data on a monthly basis or more frequently.
Smaller archives are less likely to be interrupted by system reboots, logoffs, Windows
updates, or network interruptions when archiving to “My Computer” (see below).
A small archive is more transportable.
Archives contain ONLY vessel images and their associated analysis jobs. Image
Collections and Processing Definitions CANNOT be archived.