Installation guide
A
Administration Tools
Administration Tools control the
configuration and management of the entire
IMPAX cluster. The Administration Tools are
a Java-based application that run in a web
browser.
all-in-one configuration
A configuration in which the Database,
Archive Server, Network Gateway, and Curator
Server components are all installed on a single
Windows server, along with the Application
Server software.
APIP
Agfa Proprietary Imaging Protocol. Used to
receive the proprietary format, reformat the
images to DICOM, and redirect them to the
SCP. An APIP SCP is used specifically to
receive images from certain older Agfa image
sources.
archive
A physical device or a file system used for
long-term storage and retrieval of studies.
Autopilot
Service that removes old and expired data
when the cache starts to get full. This
maintenance function keeps the database to a
manageable size.
B
backing up
The activity of copying a database to preserve
it in case of a software or hardware failure.
browser
Software that allows a user to search through
information on a server. The term usually
refers to a universal client application, such as
Firefox or Internet Explorer, that interprets
HTML documents.
C
cc objects
Change Context (cc) objects are DICOM
objects used to communicate and synchronize
study metadata changes across multiple
IMPAX clusters.
CLUI
Command Line User Interface. A
command-line tool to help in the service of
IMPAX MVF. CLUI allows you to execute SQL
statements.
compression
Reduces the size of a file to save both file space
and transmission time. Lossless, lossy, and
wavelet are examples of compression types.
Curator
Curator is an IMPAX MVF server component.
It is responsible for compressing incoming
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