Galaxy Administrator Time Burden and Technology Usage

Author(s) orcid logoVlad Visan avatar Vlad Visan
Data provider(s) Matthias Bernt avatar Matthias Bernt orcid logoLucille Delisle avatar Lucille Delisle orcid logoHans-Rudolf Hotz avatar Hans-Rudolf Hotz
Editor(s) orcid logoHelena Rasche avatar Helena Rasche
deploying maintenance survey

Posted on: 22 July 2024 PURL: https://gxy.io/GTN:N00095

Have you wondered how difficult Galaxy is to run? How much time people must spend to run Galaxy?

  • In February 2024, we collected 9 responses from the Galaxy Small Scale Admin group.
  • The questions cover various time burdens and technological choices.
  • The report provides answers to prospective future admins’ most common questions.
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One of the many charts from the report. Histogram of the average duration, in hours, an upgrade takes (excluding DB schema migration). Showing a median of 3 and mean of 4. Mostly under 3, but a few values around 7.

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