Memory usage relation to file size?

[snail123815]

Dear Pilon team,

I now know that pilon needs larger memory when processing larger data. Could you please give a rough estimation about how it is correlated to the file size?

Specifically, how should I set -Xmx{}g when it comes with a MB of fasta and b MB of bam file.

I know it is simpler to set a large enough memory for all possible runs, however, when I put it into our pipeline, I might need to ask for more resources from HPC and increase waiting time. Thus, knowing this relationship will be good to reduce waiting time.

Thank you very much!

[Nkosinathi15]

hi Snail,

were you assisted on this,

I have the same problem.