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. 2014 Mar 19;8:26. doi: 10.3389/fninf.2014.00026

Figure 2.

Figure 2

System architecture and workflow description. The physical configuration of computers within network(s) is reminiscent (A) of a cloud-computing architecture. Through a web browser, the user initiates (B) the workflow by requesting secure data transfer from the acquisition computer to the server, and by starting the parallel batch processing and analysis. At the end of the analysis, the server generates automatically a portable document format (PDF) document, reporting on the execution log, the activity summary, and the result summary, which is incorporated in a compressed file archive along with the analysis result. When ready, the user concludes the session by securely downloading the compressed file archive to his/her personal computer. The flowchart (C) shows the actions required by the user and the processing steps executed by the server (cluster). The steps executed in parallel are outlined by the dashed line.