Applied Biosystems SOLiD™ 4 System SETS Software User Guide ...

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Applied Biosystems SOLiD 4 System SETS Software User Guide
Appendix C
Advanced Topic: Data
Management
The topics provided in this appendix are intended for advanced users
of the SOLiD 4 System and do not apply to the typical user.
This appendix describes data storage for the following:
All data
Raw image data
Primary analysis results data
Approximate storage space for all data
The following table shows the size of all data for archival and storage
consideration. The following is estimated file sizes.
Table 1 Total Data size for archival and storage consideration
50 nt tag/ 300k/panel,
2357 panels
Image data size ‡
Primary analysis
results size in “.spch”
format
Primary Analysis Data
size (flatfile:
“.csfasta”, “_QV.qual”,
“.stats”)
1 slide -1 tag 1.84 TB 646 GB 170 GB
1 slide - 2 tags 3.6 TB 1.29 TB 340 GB
2 slides - 1 tag 3.6 TB 1.29TB 340 GB
2 slides - 2 tags 7.2 TB 2.58 TB 680 GB
‡ Image data is not needed after analysis is complete.
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