16S analysis on my personal computer

Hello Laila,

I think the biggest limitation is your RAM / memory. Some of the initial steps like denoising can take more memory, so finding a machine with 16 GB (or more) could be helpful. Most of the downstream plugins for visualization and stat tests should work just fine with 8 GB.

You could also take a look at this post by Justine outline some great resources that could help you process data with the machine you have.

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