Applied Biosystems 7900HT User Manual page 40

Chapter 1 Product Overview
Plate Document
File Size
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The SDS software can produce plate document files of varying sizes, depending on
the type of runs for which they are created.
files produced by the SDS software.
Table 1-6 Average Plate Document File Sizes
Run Type Application
Plate-Read Allelic Discrimination
Real-Time † Absolute Quantification
Relative Quantification
*Compressed file sizes are estimates based on standard compression using the WinZip
utility. For more information, see
†The maximum file sizes displayed above are nominal for real-time runs (absolute or relative
quantification). File size can increase depending on the plate document's data collection
options.
‡The file size for a real-time run depends on the length of the run and the configuration of the
data collection options in the plate document. Longer runs and runs configured to collect
data at multiple stages of the method can be considerably larger than the 15 to 25 MB
average.
Because of memory constraints, the SDS Enterprise Database cannot
IMPORTANT!
save real-time plate documents greater than 40 MB.
DRAFT
Table 1-6 lists the average sizes of typical
Uncompressed
150 to 180 KB
15 to 25 MB
"Archiving SDS Files" on page
File Size
*
Compressed
70 to 90 KB
‡
10 to 15 MB
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