[Genome] size limit for custom track

Hiram Clawson hiram at soe.ucsc.edu
Mon Dec 18 10:45:57 PST 2006


Good Morning Yu:

As Ann mentioned in previous email, a variety of limits can be encountered
with the data path to our site.

I'm curious, what is the format of your data submission ?  Is it a bed-type
track ?  How many columns ?

--Hiram

Yu Huang wrote:
> Hi, is there a size limit for a custom track file?  I have a file of
> 7.8Gwithout compression. It's the genome-wide TRANSFAC hits for hg17
> with
> repeats masked. I tried the URL approach but failed 3 times. Guess the size
> limit around 1.5G.
> 
> If 7.8G is too big, will you guys allow me to give the data to you and share
> it with broader audience? It's pretty helpful to see a list of TFBS
> candidates in the particular region. thanks,
> 
> Yu


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