System requirements
- Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019
- OS X 10.10, 10.11 and macOS 10.12, 10.13, 10.14
- Linux: RHEL 6.7 and later, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 and later. The software is expected to run without problem on other recent Linux systems, but we do not guarantee this.
- 1024 x 768 display recommended
- Intel or AMD CPU required
- 64 bit computer and operating system
- Special requirements for read mapping. The numbers below give minimum and recommended memory for systems running mapping and analysis tasks. The requirements suggested are based on the genome size.
- E. coli K12 (4.6 megabases)
- Minimum: 500 MB RAM
- Recommended: 1 GB RAM
- C. elegans (100 megabases) and Arabidopsis thaliana (120 megabases)
- Minimum: 1 GB RAM
- Recommended: 2 GB RAM
- Zebrafish (1.5 gigabases)
- Minimum: 2 GB RAM
- Recommended: 4 GB RAM
- Human (3.2 gigabases) and Mouse (2.7 gigabases)
- Minimum: 6 GB RAM
- Recommended: 8 GB RAM
- E. coli K12 (4.6 megabases)
- Special requirements for de novo assembly. De novo assembly may need more memory than stated above - this depends both on the number of reads, error profile and the complexity and size of the genome. See http://resources.qiagenbioinformatics.com/white-papers/White_paper_on_de_novo_assembly_4.pdf for examples of the memory usage of various data sets.
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