Hi folks,

 

I am new to the Freesurfer world and I have a couple of questions about installing the application, specifically around the 10Gb “footprint” of data, after unpacking the archive file.

 

So I have run through the installation and configuration steps outlined on the Wiki page, which is great, by the way!  Running through the steps first time around went without a hitch but the conversion of the sample data took many hours.  If I have to run that conversion again, I will try the recon-all with “ -openmp { some appropriate value } “ to try and speed it up.

 

I’m guessing that the sample data is occupying a large part of the 10Gb disk space “footprint” so is it appropriate to remove it, without breaking anything?  If we wanted to install Freesurfer on to a server, for multiple users to access, is that possible?  Somewhere like ‘/usr/local’, as described in the Wiki?

 

Thanks in advance, for any guidance anyone can offer.

 

Robin Warne,

University of Kent (U.K.)