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Size factor between bcl and fastq

What is very roughly the size factor between bcl and the basecalled fastq files? Novaseq 6000.

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updated by Arup Ghosh 402 • | written by Michael 29

If you don't want to know any particular case (pe/se or flowcell type) the difference is around 600GB for an S4 flowcell run.

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written by Arup Ghosh 402

Thanks! What size factor is this roughly for the example you have in mind? (sizeFastQ / size BCL)

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written by Michael 29

The total size of fastqs (gzip compressed) ~1.8 TB and BCL files ~1.2 TB.

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