Dataflow using the 200-bp kit on the Ion PGM™ Sequencer and Ion Proton™ Sequencer

The following table shows a high-level view of the dataflow from the 200-bp kit on the Ion PGM™ Sequencer and Ion Proton™ Sequencer. File sizes for Ion Torrent™ data depend on the Torrent Suite™ Software version, chip type, and kit type.

Step

Resulting file type

Ion Proton™ Chip

Ion 318™ Chip

Ion 316™ Chip

Ion 314™ Chip

Flows

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500

500

520

520

Raw image acquisition

DAT

2.7 TB

225 GB

135 GB

30 GB

Image processing

WELLS

219 GB

16.4 GB

9.0 GB

2.0 GB

Signal processing and base calling

BAM

44 GB

4.2 GB

3.1 GB

0.5 GB

CAUTION! File sizes vary depending on the number of flows, the number of wells generating signals, and the number of library reads available. Your file sizes may be different. An unmapped BAM file format is used in the analysis pipeline steps before alignment.