Dataflow using the 400-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 400-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

Read capacity

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2.5 M

5 M

15–20 M

Signal processing input[1]

DAT

110 GB

210 GB

530 GB

Signal processing output

WELLS

15 GB

30 GB

75 GB

Base calling output

Unaligned BAM

6 GB

12 GB

30 GB

Aligned output

Aligned BAM

5 GB

10 GB

25 GB

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