The storage tree
The storage system in LDMS is a hierarchy of storage items.
There are several types of storage items in LDMS. From biggest to smallest, these are:
- storage unit
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This is the main cooling unit used to store specimens, such as a freezer or a refrigerator.
- level
- This is an intermediate part of a storage system, such as a shelf within a freezer. You can add an additional level to another level. For example, you might have a shelf that contains racks of boxes, where the rack is a level on the shelf, which is a level in a freezer.
- container
- This is the storage item that holds specimens, such as a box.
Figure: The LDMS storage hierarchy
The storage hierarchy is visualized on the Storage page in LDMS as a tree.
Figure: The storage tree on the Storage page. (1) A storage unit. (2) A level. (3) A container. (4) Specimens in the container. (5) The name for this specific storage unit. (6) The position of the item in its parent. (7) The global specimen ID for each specimen.
