Space requirements
The total size of the complete reference data set you can download is approximately 200 GB4.1. The amount of time it will take to download this amount of data depends on your network connection. It can take several hours, or longer on slower connections.
For reference, in August, 2015, the maximum size of each individual reference data file for Homo sapiens was approximately:
| Database | Size |
|---|---|
| 1000 Genomes | 8 GB |
| CDS | 56 MB |
| ClinVar | 140 MB |
| PhastConc | 6 GB |
| Cytogenic Ideogram | 80 KB |
| dbSNP | 71 GB |
| dbSNP Common | 3 GB |
| Genes | 6 MB |
| Gene Ontology | 45 MB |
| HapMap | 3 GB |
| mRNA | 75 MB |
| Sequence | 700 MB |
| Target Regions | 1 MB |
| Target Primers | 7 MB |