This is actually possible using data libraries. What you'd want to do is upload by filepath (described in the wiki page Brad linked, heading "Upload files from filesystem paths") and check the "No" box under "Copy data into Galaxy".

-Dannon

On Nov 20, 2012, at 4:13 PM, "Langhorst, Brad" Langhorst@neb.com wrote:

I don't think this is possible.

Galaxy is designed to import data files and track their relationships and disk usage internally.

You can import lots of files at once though.. see: http://wiki.galaxyproject.org/Admin/Data%20Libraries/Uploading%20Library%20F...

Brad On Nov 20, 2012, at 3:49 PM, Fenglou Mao fenglou@gmail.com wrote:

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We have a local galaxy server. I know I can get data by ftp, upload directly from browser, or by a URL. If I have some fastq files in the Galaxy server local storage, is it possible to let Galaxy use it directly?

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