Feature
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Minimum Requirement
|
Recommended for Best Performance
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Operating System
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64bit Linux or 64bit
Windows
|
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RAM for human.
(Smaller references
require less RAM)
|
16GB for base space
(Illumina)
24GB for color space
(Applied Biosystems).
|
Illumina does not require more than
16GB, but RAM beyond 24GB will
improve ABI performance, so 32GB
is preferred for ABI.
|
CPU
|
Any Intel or AMD 64bit
CPU with SSE3
capability.
|
Dual Quad-core Xeon or Opteron
(total 8 or more cores).
|
Hard Disk
|
50GB for Illumina
260GB for ABI
|
Fast sustained Read/Write rates are
helpful.
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