Limit The Memory Size Of Blast?

Question

[Cacau]

Would anyone tell me whether it is possible to limit the memory size in blast+/blastall search? If possible, how should we do it? Thanks!

Answer 1

[Niek De Klein]

Since you didn't give much info it's hard to say what/where the memory problem is. You could try some of these workarounds: http://blastedbio.blogspot.nl/2012/04/blast-memory-hog-with-subject-fasta-and.html