Velvet maximum element with 32bit error

[thh32]

So I have been running velvet on a metagenomic dataset (35Gb flash joined) using 51 Kmer and it failed with the error:

[888200.245154] >>> Reached maximum elements addressable with 32 bits
/cm/local/apps/sge/current/spool/node001/job_scripts/791542: line 15: 9081 Aborted (core dumped) velvetg out-dir -exp_cov auto

Has anyone had a similar error and if so how do I get around it?

[GenoMax]

Are you using (32-bit OS, 32-bit compiler) anywhere on your system (I doubt it, since you seem to be using SGE, but never hurts to ask)?

There was a past thread on this topic with no apparent resolution:http://seqanswers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10855

[thh32]

No we dont from what I know and thanks, I had a google around before posting and saw a few others have had the same issue and as you say with that thread, no resolution had been found.

[GenoMax]

Using Metavelvet is probably more appropriate in your case: http://metavelvet.dna.bio.keio.ac.jp/ (not clear if you are using plain velvet).