61da91352bca39786285b852ee0e705354abf70c brianlee Tue Mar 3 15:16:03 2015 -0800 Adding feedback from Erich about UDR, updating date to today for news release refs #14918 diff --git src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html index b408a24..ac48873 100755 --- src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html +++ src/hg/htdocs/indexNews.html @@ -1,114 +1,114 @@
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- 04 March 2015 - Use UDR for Quick Sizeable Downloads + 03 March 2015 - Use UDR for Quick Sizeable Downloads

The UCSC Genome Browser is pleased to share a download protocol to use when downloading large sets of files from our download servers: UDR (UDT Enabled Rsync). UDR utilizes rsync as the transport mechanism, but sends the data over the UDT protocol, which enables huge amounts of data to be downloaded efficiently over long distances.

Protocols like http, ftp and rsync can have a problem in that the further away the download source is from the user, the slower the speed becomes. Protocols like UDT/UDR allow for many UDP packets to be sent in batch, thus allowing for much higher transmit speeds over long distances. UDR will be especially useful for users who are downloading from places that are far away from California. The US East Coast and the international community will likely see much higher download speeds by using UDR rather than rsync, http or ftp. - Read more. + Read more.


26 February 2015 - New Training Video!

Ever wondered how to find the tables associated with your favorite Browser track? Find out how in our new training video. See our training page, our YouTube channel, and our blog for details.


12 February 2015 - Blat Your Assembly Hub: Assembly data hubs, track hubs that allow researchers to annotate genomes that are not in the UCSC Genome Browser, can now use blat to quickly find DNA and protein sequences in their unique assemblies. Read more.

11 February 2015 - dbSNP 142 Available for hg19 and hg38: We are pleased to announce the release of four tracks derived from NCBI dbSNP Build 142 data, available on the two most recent human assemblies GRCh37/hg19 and GRCh38/hg38. The new tracks contain a substantial amount of additional annotation data not included in previous dbSNP tracks, with corresponding coloring and filtering options in the Genome Browser. Read more.

2 February 2015 - Host a Genome Browser Workshop: New timeslots are now available to host a Genome Browser workshop at your institution. Read more.