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STAR analysis and alignment

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qudrat ▴ 100

Hello all, Can somebody let me know how much RAM is required to run STAR software? I have 16 GB RAM. Can I run it?

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That depends on which organism you are studying. Please be as complete as possible when asking questions.

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Thank you WouterDeCoster, I am working on human genome.

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-30

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Nicolas Rosewick 11k

STAR needs ~30Gb of RAM to align on the Human genome

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Moved to an answer on this thread

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Thank you Nicolas Rosewick!

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If an answer was helpful you should upvote it, if the answer resolved your question you should mark it as accepted. Upvote|Bookmark|Accept

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