Step 7: (New Installations Only) Set Up User Data Folders - pb-dyim/SMRT-Analysis GitHub Wiki

SMRT Analysis saves references and results in its own hierarchy. Note that large amounts of data are generated and storage can get filled up. We suggest that you softlink to an external directory with more storage.

All jobs and references, as well as drop boxes, are contained in $SEYMOUR_HOME/common/userdata. You can move this folder to another location, then soft link $SEYMOUR_HOME/common/userdata to the new location.

If performing a fresh installation: For example

mv $SEYMOUR_HOME/common/userdata /my_offline_storage
ln -s /my_offline_storage/userdata $SEYMOUR_HOME/common/userdata

If upgrading, you need to point the new build to the external storage location. For example:

rm $SEYMOUR_HOME/common/userdata
ln -s /my_offline_storage/userdata $SEYMOUR_HOME/common/userdata

Note: The default protocols and underlying support files within common/protocols and subfolders were updated significantly for v1.4.0. We strongly recommend that you recreate protocols for v1.4.0 rather than carry over protocols from previous versions.