Linux

Download 1000 genome using Aspera

1. download aspera browser plugin and install

2. default in linux, it creates ~/.aspera/

3.~/.aspera/connect/bin/ascp -i ~/.aspera/connect/etc/asperaweb_id_dsa.openssh -Tr -Q -l 100M -L- fasp-g1k@fasp.1000genomes.ebi.ac.uk:vol1/ftp/phase3/data/HG00133/sequence_read/SRR035484_1.filt.fastq.gz ./fastq/

change 100M to 300M will increase the download speed from 100M/s to 300M/s. In average, it is 97M/s to 297M/s.

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