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title: Welcome to Arvados!
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-_If you are new to Arvados and want to get started quickly, go to "Accessing Arvados Workbench.":{{site.baseurl}}/user/getting_started/workbench.html_
+_If you are new to Arvados, please try the Quickstart on the documentation homepage instead of this detailed User Guide._
-This guide provides an introduction to using Arvados to solve big data bioinformatics problems, including:
+This guide provides a reference for using Arvados to solve big data bioinformatics problems, including:
* Robust storage of very large files, such as whole genome sequences, using the "Arvados Keep":{{site.baseurl}}/user/tutorials/tutorial-keep.html content-addressable cluster file system.
* Running compute-intensive genomic analysis pipelines, such as alignment and variant calls using the "Arvados Crunch":{{site.baseurl}}/user/tutorials/intro-crunch.html cluster compute engine.
* Storing and querying metadata about genome sequence files, such as human subjects and their phenotypic traits using the "Arvados Metadata Database.":{{site.baseurl}}/user/topics/tutorial-trait-search.html
* Accessing, organizing, and sharing data, pipelines and results using the "Arvados Workbench":{{site.baseurl}}/user/getting_started/workbench.html web application.
-The examples in this guide use the Arvados instance located at https://{{ site.arvados_workbench_host }}. If you are using a different Arvados instance replace @{{ site.arvados_workbench_host }}@ with your private instance in all of the examples in this guide.
+The examples in this guide use the Arvados instance located at {{site.arvados_workbench_host}}. If you are using a different Arvados instance replace @{{ site.arvados_workbench_host }}@ with your private instance in all of the examples in this guide.
Curoverse maintains a public Arvados instance located at https://workbench.qr1hi.arvadosapi.com/. You must have an account in order to use this service. If you would like to request an account, please send an email to "arvados@curoverse.com":mailto:arvados@curoverse.com.