Fastest way to do nr blast

Question

[Abhishek]

I want to do nr blast using my PC 8GB RAM, i5 processor, 512GB disk space. What is the best way to do nr blast.?

[Abhishek]

Thanks. But is there any other way

[lieven.sterck]

hi Abhishek ,

don't post answers that are not 'answers' , use the comment option instead.

Can you remove this and add it as a comment to my post? thx.

Answer 1

[lieven.sterck]

using a HPC system or buffed up compute server I'm afraid ... (simply storing the nr DB will take up roughly half your HD size)

alternatively: use the NCBI remote blast option.