Clinical Next-Generation Sequencing Database

Clinical NGS DB is built on FileMaker Pro ver. 12 to facilitate easy start up and easy maintenance for non-PC specialists such as wet lab researchers or clinicians. It can easily be used to build its own database on either a Windows or Macintosh platform with FileMaker Pro software (FileMaker Inc.). The network sharing option of FileMaker Pro software makes it is possible for up to 5 users to access the database at the same time. If a web-based server (to enable access to the database via a general web-browser without the need for software installation on the client computer) or access by 6 or more users at the same time is required, FileMaker server software offers a good solution. For more information, please refer to the FileMaker Inc. website (http://www.filemaker.com).

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We recommend the following hardware specifications for running the software on the server.

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         Processor: Intel ® Core i5 1.6 GHz or faster

         RAM: 4 GB or higher

         Hard drive: 8GB or more space

         LAN: Gigabit Eathernet

         Software Requirement: FileMaker Pro ver. 12 or later

 

We confirmed that this database software can run comfortably on MacBook Air with a 1.6GHz Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB memory and 256GB Solid State Drive (SSD) in cases with target re-sequencing data for 2,000 or more patients.

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The maximum file size for one database was about 8TB, which corresponds to the re-sequencing data for about 8 million patients.