[ensembl-announce] Ensembl Genomes public MySQL data retention

[Dan Staines]

As the amount of data in each release of Ensembl Genomes increases, it
has become necessary to restrict the number of past releases available
on our public MySQL server (mysql-eg-publicsql.ebi.ac.uk).

Towards the end of May 2015, shortly before the release 27 of Ensembl
Genomes, all databases from all releases prior to release 18 will be
removed. With each subsequent release, data from the oldest release will 
be removed at release time, leaving data from the most recent 10
releases only. The removal of each release will be announced with the
intentions for the new release approximately 2 months in advance.

Please note that the data available from our FTP site will be unaffected 
by this change in policy, with data from all releases of Ensembl Genomes 
remaining available in all supported formats, including full MySQL dumps.

Regards,

Dan Staines, on behalf of the Ensembl Genomes team.

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Dan Staines, PhD               Ensembl Genomes Technical Coordinator
EMBL-EBI                       Tel: +44-(0)1223-492507
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus   Fax: +44-(0)1223-494468
Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK         http://www.ensemblgenomes.org/