FAQ

#FAQ

Q: Can I run easy map on my desktop computer?
A: Yes EzMap is designed to be able to run on either SLURM based computing clusters or a desktop workstation.

Q: What kind of hardware do I need to run EzMap?
A: We recommend a quad core computer with at least 6 GB of RAM.

Q: Is EzMap only for a viral DNA sequence reads?
A: No, EzMap is flexible to handle any type of DNA sequence reads including viral, bacterial, or fungal reads.

Q: Does EzMap support only human's as the host genome?
A: EzMap support any sequence genome so long as it can be made into either a HISAT2 or BowTie2 index file. For more information please see: http://bowtie-bio.sourceforge.net/bowtie2/manual.shtml#the-bowtie2-build-indexer

Q: How long do my reads need to be to work with EzMap?
A: EzMap should be able to support reads of nearly any size, and it has been tested on reads as small as 50bp in length.