[mira_talk] Re: big file in the log diretory

  • From: Bastien Chevreux <bach@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mira_talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:55:36 +0100

On Monday 21 March 2011 13:12:12 Kishi wrote:
> I'm using mira3 for assembly with Solexa data....
> I have over 35 million Illumina reads, 100 bp, and in the log directory
> mira3 generates a very large file.... (~ 3 tera HD)

You did not specify which version of MIRA and which command you used. I'm 
guessing here: 3.2.1 and a denovo job?

This would be outside the recommended specification for MIRA 3.2.1, see 

http://mira-assembler.sourceforge.net/docs/DefinitiveGuideToMIRA.html#sect_for_which_data_sets_to_use_mira_and_for_which_not

> How do I avoid this?

Have a look at the latest development release (3.2.1.9) on SourceForge ... that 
one will bring a first relief. The next 
development version (due sometime in the next week) will improve disk 
utilisation even further.

B.

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