Dataflow using the 200-bp kit on the Ion GeneStudio™ S5 Plus System, Ion GeneStudio S5 Prime System, and Ion S5™ XL System

The following table shows a high-level view of the dataflow using the 200-bp kit on the Ion GeneStudio™ S5 Plus System, Ion GeneStudio™ S5 Prime System, and Ion S5™ XL System. File sizes for Ion Torrent™ data depend on the Torrent Suite™ Software version, chip type, and kit type.

Step

Resulting file type

Ion 510™ Chip

Ion 520™ Chip

Ion 530™ Chip

Ion 540™ Chip

Ion 550™ Chip

Read capacity

2.5 M

5 M

15–20 M

60–80 M

100–130 M

Signal processing input[1]

DAT

65 GB

125 GB

310 GB

2 TB

1 TB*

Signal processing output

WELLS

9 GB

18 GB

45 GB

180 GB

330 GB

Base calling output

Unaligned BAM

3 GB

8 GB

23 GB

85 GB

100 GB

Aligned output

Aligned BAM

3 GB

7 GB

20 GB

55 GB

90 GB

1 Signal Processing input files for S5 systems are not transferred from the instrument and are not part of Ion Torrent™ Server data management.

* Data compression enabled.